The first IPL 2024 qualifier between the KKR vs SRH is expected to be an intense match in Ahmedabad. With a spot in the championship up for grabs, this game looks to be an intense one. Both teams have played greatly all season long.
SRH Innings Against KKR
KKR land the initial blow in Ahmedabad, with Starc smashing Head over the second ball for a duck. Abhishek Sharma merely smacked the ball straight to Russell and fell cheaply in the qualifier. After tearing out Head in his first over, Starc dismisses both Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed in his third, leaving SRH at 39 for 4 in five overs.
Klaasen had dismissed Narine for 16 off eight balls, but Varun Chakravarthy, KKR’s other mystery spinner, had him holing out with his second legal delivery. Tripathi shown aggressive tenacity and ingenuity to score back-to-back half-centuries, but Russell’s brilliance and a mix-up ended in his being run out for 55 from 35 balls.
Sanvir Singh is their Impact Player at No. 8, but he gets bowled through the gate for a duck by Narine, hastening their downfall. At 126 for 9 in 16 overs, SRH were on the verge of being bowled out for a sub-140 total, but Cummins’ late smashes gave their bowlers something to bowl at, and they only managed to score 159.
KKR Batting Against SRH
Cummins allows 20 runs in his first over. KKR was off and running in their pursuit of 160. T Natarajan strikes in his first over, edging Gurbaz for 23 off 14 balls, while Cummins dismisses Narine for 21 from 16 balls. However, the KKR openers did enough damage on the powerplay, scoring 63 runs short of their goal of 160.
Shreyas and Venkatesh add an unbroken 97-run third-wicket stand in 44 balls to defeat SRH and secure KKR’s place in the final. Both of them scored a half century in an explosive way..
Victory For KKR
IPL fans enjoyed the intense and entertaining encounter between KKR vs SRH in the play-offs. Mitchell Starc bowled really effectively, and Varun took two wickets in four overs for only 26 runs. SRH was unable to get started from the beginning.
SRH will face the winner of the Eliminator between RR and RCB for another crack at the final.
