The first qualifier match of IPL 2024 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 21 at 7:30 PM at Narendra Nondi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
KKR and Sunrisers, who reached here after traveling long kilometers, will not get much time to adapt to the conditions. Both of them played their last league match on Sunday only. Although Sunrisers defeated Punjab by playing the entire match, the match between KKR and Rajasthan Royals could not be played due to rain. KKR last played a full match on 11 May. Before the rain disruption, KKR had won four consecutive matches, the last two matches were lost due to rain.
In the IPL points table, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is at the top position with 20 points with 9 wins from 14 matches. Whereas, if we talk about Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the team is in second place with 8 wins in 14 matches. Because of this, the first qualifier match will be played between these two top 2 teams.
On paper, KKR and Sunrisers seem to be equal teams, which has made this match more exciting. Both Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have set a string of records by scoring runs at a strike rate of more than 200. Australia’s head has created a new definition of aggressive batting and so far has scored 533 runs including one century and four half-centuries. Along with him, Abhishek (467 runs) has also played freely and hit 41 sixes in the IPL so far.
Sunrisers have a reliable batsman like Rahul Tripathi at number three. Heinrich Klaasen has returned to form and scored 42 runs against Punjab. Last year in the World Cup final it was seen that the team batting later in Ahmedabad got more success. The team chasing the target has been successful four times out of six.
The dominance of the batsmen is visible in the Narendra Modi Stadium of Ahmedabad. There is nothing special for the bowlers on the pitch here. In such a situation, a high-scoring match can be seen here. It is not easy for spin bowlers to stop runs on the pitch here. At the same time, fast bowlers get a little bounce so that they can trouble the batsmen.
According to AccuWeather, the temperature in Ahmedabad on May 21, 2024, will be around 45 degrees, but due to high humidity (44%), the feeling of heat will be higher. The chances of rain are negligible. In such a situation, fans can get to see the entire 40-over match.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande
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