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The Qualifier 1 Match of the Indian Premier League 2024 was played yesterday between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. In which Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to reach into the final.
TOSS- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad- Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very poorly, the entire team was dismissed just for 159 runs in the third ball of the final over. Rahul Tripathi played a very brilliant half-century inning of 55 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 35 balls, Heinrich Klaasen scored 32 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 21 balls, Pat Cummins scored 30 runs with the help of 2 six and 2 boundaries in just 24 balls, Abdul Samad scored 16 runs with the help of 2 sixes in 12 balls, apart from this, not batsman could touch figure out of double-digits runs, Nitish Reddy dismissed just for 9 runs in 10 balls, Abhishek Sharma 3 runs in 4 balls,, Travis Head, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed without scoring, and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth remains unbeaten for 7 runs in 5 balls. In this way, the entire team was all-out just for 159 runs in 19.3 overs and set a target of 160 runs in front of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers- Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for 34 runs in his spell, Varun Chakaravarthy 2 wickets for 26 runs in his spell, Harshit Rana 1 wicket for 27 runs in his spell, Sunil Narine 1 wicket for 40 runs in his spell, Vaibhav Arora 1 wicket for 17 runs in 2 overs, and Andre Russell also got 1 wicket for 15 runs in 1.3 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders inning- Kolkata Knight Riders chasing 160 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in the fourth ball of the 14th over and won the match by 8 wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders started the inning very well, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a partnership of 44 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket was dismissed for 44 runs in 3.2 overs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed after scoring 23 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 14 balls, next batsman Venkatesh Iyer came to bat and played well with Sunil Narine, the second wicket was dismissed for 67 runs in 6.2 overs, Sunil Narine was dismissed after scoring 21 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 16 balls, followed by Shreyas Iyer came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Venkatesh Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 28 balls, and Shreyas Iyer also played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and a victory inning of 58 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 24 balls. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders chased the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in just 13.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets to reach into the final spot.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers- T Natarajan got 1 wicket for 22 runs in 3 overs, Pat Cummins 1 wicket for 38 runs in 3 overs, apart from this all are wicketless, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was wicketless for 28 runs in 3 overs, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth wicketless for 22 runs in 2 overs, Travis Head wicketless for 32 runs in 1.4 overs, and Nitish Reddy also wicketless for 13 runs in 1 over.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Mitchell Starc was selected as the player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 34 runs in his spell.
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