Kolkata Knight Riders entered their fourth IPL final with a thumping eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday.
Mitchell Starc stuck thrice in the powerplay as KKR bowled out Sunrisers Hyderabad for 159. Mitchell Starc stuck thrice in the powerplay as KKR bowled out Sunrisers Hyderabad for 159.
Rahul Tripathi top-scored for SRH with 55 off 35 balls while Heinrich Klaasen smashed 32 off 21 balls. The 62-run stand between Tripathi and Klaasen was the lone positive in an otherwise underwhelming batting effort. Rahul Tripathi top-scored for SRH with 55 off 35 balls while Heinrich Klaasen smashed 32 off 21 balls. The 62-run stand between Tripathi and Klaasen was the lone positive in an otherwise underwhelming batting effort.
KKR then gunned down the target in 13.4 overs, thanks to Venkatesh Iyer (51 not out) and skipper Shreyas Iyer's (58 not out) unbeaten knocks. SRH will get one more opportunity to make the final when they face the winner of the Eliminator in Chennai on Friday. SRH will get one more opportunity to make the final when they face the winner of the Eliminator in Chennai on Friday.
Here are the key moments of the match:
1st Innings
SRH win the toss, decide to bat first
Travis Head bowled by Starc on DUCK!
Abhishek Sharma out on 3, Arora gets the breakthrough
Nitish Reddy gets out on 9 runs
Shahbaz follows Nitish on the next delivery, Starc gets both wickets
SRH 45/4 after 6 overs at the end of powerplay
SRH bring up 50 runs in 7 overs
Rahul Tripathi has played an exceptional innings and made 50 in 29 balls
Heinrich Klaasen gets out on 32, Chakravarthy gets the breakthrough. SRH 101/5
Rahul Tripathi run out at 55, SRH 121/6
Sunil Narine cleans up Sanveer on Duck
Samad gets out on 16, Narine gets the wicket
Bhuvneshwar Kumar out on 0, SRH 126/9
SRH score 159, KKR to chase 160 runs
2nd Innings
KKR opened the innings with Gurbaz and Sunil Narine
Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets out on 23, Natarajan gets the breakthrough. KKR 44/1
Kolkata reached their 50 in the fifth over
Sunil Narine gets out on 21, Cummins gets the wicket
Venkatesh Iyer completes his 50 in 28 balls
Shreyas Iyer completes his 50 in 23 balls
KKR beat SRH by 8 wickets, clinch final berth
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