Lucknow: The first qualifier match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Kolkata has confirmed its place in the final by winning by 8 wickets. In this match, they defeated Hyderabad in a one-sided match. In the match, SRH won the toss and decided to bat first and this decision backfired on them as the entire team was all out for 159 runs in 19.3 overs and they could only give a target of 160 runs to Kolkata.
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KKR team, which set out to chase the target of 160 runs, achieved it in 13.4 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. In this match, Kolkata captain Shreyas Iyer played a good innings for his team and scored a half-century. Facing 24 balls, Shreyas played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from him, star player Venkatesh Iyer scored unbeaten 51 runs on 28 balls. During this, 5 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat.
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly for Kolkata in this match and he took 2 wickets in the powerplay itself. With this he gave a good start to his team. In this match, Starc took 3 wickets while spending 33 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, star spinner Varun Chakraborty also bowled excellently and showed the way to the pavilion by spending 26 runs in 4 overs of bowling. The result of the bowling of these two was that the team could not make a big score. With this win, Kolkata has now reached the finals and they will wait for their opposition team.
In this match for Hyderabad, experienced batsman Rahul Tripathi played a half-century and scored 55 runs in 35 balls. Wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen also contributed 32 runs in 21 balls. So captain Pat Cummins also scored 30 runs on 24 balls. However, despite the defeat in this match, Hyderabad is still not out of IPL and they will be seen playing in the second qualifier. There they will face the winning team in the eliminator match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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