KKR vs SRH: Kolkata Knight Riders reach the final, Sunrisers get second chance

CricketInfoBlog Team 5 months ago 2 min read

KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets
With this win, Kolkata qualified for the finals.
Hyderabad will face the winner of the eliminator

In the Qualifier-1 match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata defeated Sunrisers by 8 wickets with 38 balls remaining. With this victory, Kolkata qualified for the finals. Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad team has reached Qualifier-2. He will get another chance.

Actually, the team that loses Qualifier-1 gets a chance to face the winning team of the Eliminator. In such a situation, the journey of Sunrisers is not over yet. He will play the second qualifier on May 24. Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash in the eliminator. In which the winning team will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier-2. It is possible that after this victory, Sunrisers Hyderabad will once again get a chance to face KKR in the final.

Great victory of Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR registered a spectacular victory in the match played at the stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first against KKR, but their batsmen looked unstoppable on all four occasions. Sunrisers' powerful batsmen could not face KKR's bowling and were out for 159 runs in 19.3 overs. KKR bowler Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs. While Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell took one wicket each.

Explosive batting from KKR

After this, while chasing the target, KKR batted explosively. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 23 runs in 14 balls, Sunil Narine scored 21 runs in 16 balls and gave a good start. After this, Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer together created a stir. Venkatesh Iyer scored 51 runs on 28 balls and Shreyas Iyer scored 58 runs on 24 balls, taking KKR to the playoffs.

Kolkata Knight Riders reached the final for the fourth time

Kolkata Knight Riders team has got the ticket for the final in IPL for the fourth time. KKR team has previously played the finals in 2012, 2014 and 2021. KKR has already won the IPL in 2012 and 2014. Now he can win the IPL title for the third time.