KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Q1 Match: Kolkata’s powerful performance won them the tickets to the finals!

The first qualifier match of IPL 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Hyderabad, playing first, was all out after scoring 159 runs in 19.3 overs. In response, KKR completed the target in 13.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets. Kolkata has also booked tickets for the IPL 2024 final. Whereas Hyderabad has a chance to reach the final even after the defeat.

Kolkata had achieved the target of 160 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders had the target of 160 runs. In response, KKR chased the target in just 13.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets. For the team, captain Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs in 24 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Venkatesh Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 51 runs in 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. There was also an unbroken partnership of 97 runs between these two.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz could score 23 runs and Sunil Narayan could score 21 runs for the team. Although both of them had started the innings very fast, which was finished by Venkatesh and Shreyas. With this victory, Kolkata team once again reached the finals. Now it will be interesting to see which team will face KKR in the final. Because Hyderabad can still come to the finals, while Rajasthan and Bengaluru are also in the race.

SunRisers did not have a good start

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first, but the team could not take much advantage of it. The team was all out for only 159 runs in 19.3 overs. For the team, Rahul Tripathi scored 55 runs in 35 balls with the help of 1 six and 7 fours. Apart from this, Travis Head 0, Abhishek Sharma 3, Nitish Reddy 9, Shahbaz Ahmed 0, Heinrich Klaasen 32, Abdul Samad 16, Sanveer Singh 0, Pat Cummins 30, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 0 and Vijaykant Vyaskant scored 7 unbeaten runs.