TATA IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: Kolkata enter final for the fourth time ever!

Kolkata Knight Riders advanced to the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 after they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets at the Narendra Modi International Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. 

Match Summary

Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Qualifier 1

Kolkata Knight Riders 164/2 (13.4 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad 159/10 (19.3 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets

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Match Analysis

Opting to bat, Hyderabad got all out for 159, in response, Kolkata chased the target inside 15 overs. 

Hyderabad had a horrible start with the bat as Kolkata pacer Mitchell Starc was all over the top order. He breathed fire with the ball and left the opposition tottering at 39 for four with big guns back in the hut.

Rahul Tripathi (55:35b, 7x4, 1x6) kept his team in the hunt and hit a brilliant half-century but he got unlucky and got run out. Heinrich Klaasen (32:21b, 3x4, 1x6) also supported him as the duo added 62 runs for the fifth wicket.

Hyderabad kept losing wickets at regular intervals but in the end, it was skipper Pat Cummins (30:24b, 2x4, 2x6) who came up with a fighting knock and took his team to a decent total.

Based on his innings, Hyderabad managed just 159. For Kolkata, Starc picked three wickets, Varun Chakravarthy bagged two scalps whereas other bowlers picked one wicket each. 

Chasing the target, Kolkata had a flying start as Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23:14b, 2x4, 2x6) and Sunil Narine (21:16b, 4x4) added 44 runs for the opening stand.

Both lost their wickets in quick succession but after that, it was Venkatesh Iyer (51 not out:28b, 5x4, 4x6) who took the charge. Skipper Shreyas Iyer (58 not out:24b, 5x4, 4x6) also had a great time in the middle and played a vital hand as Kolkata chased the target comfortably inside 15 overs and reached the final of the tournament for the fourth time. 

Match Stats

Sunrisers Hyderabad Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Travis Head - 0.2 ov), 2-13 (Abhishek Sharma - 1.5 ov), 3-39 (Nitish Kumar Reddy - 4.5 ov), 4-39 (Shahbaz Ahmed - 4.6 ov), 5-101 (Heinrich Klaasen - 10.6 ov), 6-121 (Rahul Tripathi - 13.2 ov), 7-121 (Sanvir Singh - 13.3 ov), 8-125 (Abdul Samad - 14.4 ov), 9-126 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 15.6 ov), 10-159 (Pat Cummins - 19.3 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 3.2 ov), 2-67 (Sunil Narine - 6.2 ov)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the Kolkata Knight Riders wicketkeeper-batter

Simon Helmot, the Sunrisers Hyderabad Assistant Coach

Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders 

• Sunil Narine
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK)
• Venkatesh Iyer
• Shreyas Iyer(C)
• Rinku Singh
• Andre Russell
• Ramandeep Singh
• Mitchell Starc
• Vaibhav Arora
• Harshit Rana
• Varun Chakravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad 

• Abhishek Sharma
• Travis Head
• Rahul Tripathi
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Heinrich Klaasen(WK)
• Abdul Samad
• Sanvir Singh
• Pat Cummins(C)
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
• T Natarajan

Match Details:

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 15:00

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat