The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Sunrisers Hyderabad have similar approaches in many aspects. Both teams rely largely on their openers to get them off to a blazing start: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma for SRH, and Phil Salt and Sunil Narine for KKR. Both teams have powerful backend hitters—Andre Russell, Rinku Singh for KKR, and Heinrich Klaasen for SRH—who can build on that momentum to produce a thrilling finish. What was the outcome? Towring scores. 250 has been breached eight times in this IPL, five of which have been by SRH and KKR. SRH has the best score of the contest (287/3).
The only time these two teams faced in the IPL, KKR defeated SRH by four runs in a contest that scored more than 412 runs. Expect fireworks as these two teams clash in Qualifier 1 at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium for a spot in the final.
Stay informed with the latest match updates of the IPL 2024 Qualifier 1 Match No. 71 Kolkata Knight Riders & Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Match Result: And it is KKR!! the first finalist of TATA IPL 2024 as they beat the formidable SRH by 8 wickets and confirmed their berth in the finals. Incredible performance by the entire team from Mitchell Strac to Venkatesh Iyer there were performances from every department.
FIFTY UP!!! Venkatesh Iyer smashes a brilliant 50 as KKR nears the victory.
IYER DUO!!! Venkatesh & Shreyas Iyer are hitting it out of the park as they almost confirm their Final berth. After 10.0 overs KKR is 107/2
SKIPPER STRIKES!!! Pat Cummins strikes a crucial wicket of Sunil Narine as departs at 21 runs
END OF POWERPLAY!!! KKR gets off to a brilliant start as usual Sunil Narine is in his zone. After 6.0 overs KKR is 63/1
SOLID START!!! KKR gets off to their usual start as Sunil Narine & Gurbaaz are hitting it out of the park. After 3.0 overs KKR is 44/0
A good comeback from the SRH skipper Pat Cummins as they set a 160-run target for the two-time champions KKR. Can this be a low-scoring thriller? Will SRH defend this total?
FINAL FOUR!!! Not an ideal day for the SRH batters as they had barely any runs to defend against the destructive batting lineup of KKR. After 16.0 overs SRH is 126/9
STRING OF WICKETS!!! Rahul Tripathi who was looking good gets run out and right after that impact sub Sanvir Singh was clean bowled by Sunil Narine.
PARTNERSHIP BROKEN!!! Varun Chakravarthy breaks an important partnership between as Henrish Klassen departs after a few fireworks. After 13.0 overs SRH is 115/5
FIFTY UP!!! Rahul Tripathi plays an anchored innings as he hits a beautiful fifty.
COMEBACK FOR SRH? SRH batters Rahul Tripathi & Henrich Klassen build a crucial partnership as they are shifting the momentum of the game. After 9.0 overs SRH is 80/4
END OF POWERPLAY!!! Not the ideal start for the batting prowess of SRH as they lost 4 crucial wickets in the powerplay, as the KKR pace attack dominated. After 6.0 overs SRH is 45/4
STRING OF WICKET!!! SRH is in deep trouble as Mitchell Strac strikes two wickets in one over.
BIG BLOW!!! In form Abhishek Sharma departs early as Vaibhav Arora strikes the big wicket SRH seems to be in some trouble. After 2.0 overs SRH is 13/2
WICKET!!!! Mitchell Starc strikes his fellow countrymen and the destructive Travis Head on a duck. KKR gets off to a desired start
SRH's Playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan
KKR's Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
TOSS UPDATE!!! SRH skipper Pat Cummins wins a very important toss and elects to bat first against the two-time champion KKR.
PITCH REPORT: This is the same location where GT against KKR was abandoned on May 13. However, there is no danger of rain during the match tonight. The pitch is likely to help the batters, while the dew is expected to fall later in the evening. Given that both sides are loaded with elite hitters, this game could end up scoring a tonne of runs.
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