IPL 2024: Kolkata or Hyderabad, who will benefit from a bigger stadium?

• IPL 2024 playoff schedule has been announced
  
• The first qualifier match will be played between SRH and KKR
  
• Batsmen will get more help in Motar Stadium
  

The playoff schedule of IPL 2024 has been announced. All the teams in the top-4 have struggled to reach the playoffs. The first qualifier match of the season will be played on May 21 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who are in the top-2 in the points table, will face each other in this match. On one hand, KKR made it to the playoffs with 20 points, while on the other hand, SRH stood second in the points table with 17 points. Since this will not be the home ground of both the teams, questions are going to be raised about the condition of the pitch in the first qualifier match of IPL 2024.

What will be the condition of the pitch?

The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium is generally considered good for batting. Even in IPL 2024, there has been heavy rain of runs on this ground. In such a situation, there may be heavy rain of runs in SRH vs KKR Qualifier 1 match. But this pitch has also been very helpful for fast bowlers. If we talk about the last five matches, every time the team chasing the target has emerged victorious. Therefore, the team winning the toss in the qualifier match can choose to bowl first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad will benefit a lot

The final of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 was played between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium. India batted first and managed to score 240 runs, when Australia's team was in trouble, on the same ground, Travis Head made Australia the world champion by scoring 137 runs in 120 balls. Secondly, his bat is scoring a lot of runs in IPL 2024. Head has scored 533 runs in 12 matches so far this season with one century and four half-centuries.

Batsmen will get help

If we talk about Pat Cummins, he bowled 10 overs in the final match of the World Cup, in which he took 2 important wickets for just 34 runs. Even when SRH played the match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in IPL 2024, Cummins took 1 wicket for just 28 runs in 4 overs. This time, the mischievous batsmen of SRH can score big as the pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium is helping the batsmen.