The playoffs stage of IPL 2024 started and the Sunrisers Hyderabad played against Kolkata Knight Riders. It was a disappointing day for Sunrisers Hyderabad as they were not able to give competition to Kolkata Knight Riders as both their batting and bowling units were disappointed. Kolkata Knight Riders registered a comfortable victory and book their place in the final match of the tournament.
A look back to the game between Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first and it was a very poor decision as the batting lineup collapsed. Sunrisers Hyderabad had a shocking start as Travis Head went back to the pavilion without opening his account while the sensational Abhishek Sharma contributed only 3.
Rahul Tripathi performed really well and he was solid as his master 55 from just 35 and his innings was very crucial for Sunrise Hyderabad to post a decent total on the board. Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 9 while Heinrich Klaasen added 32 and Abdul Samad contributed 16.
The captain of the side Pat Cummins contributed 30 from 24 and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth added 7. Sunrisers Hyderabad finished the innings at 159 after 19.3 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders never felt a problem while chasing the target as the openers of the side provided a good start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine contributed 23 and 21 respectively.
While Venkatesh Iyer smashed 51 from 21 and captain Shreyas Iyer added 58 from 24 and that was enough for Kolkata Knight Riders to finish the game in 13.4 overs and they won the match by 8 wickets.
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