KKR vs SRH highlights, IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: Knight Riders march to the final with huge win

Indian Premier League 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad highlights: KKR entered their fourth IPL final with a thumping eight-wicket win as they chased down 160 in 13.4 overs

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) marched into the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 as they beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets with 38 balls to spare in Qualifier 1 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. They will await their opponents who will be decided by the Qualifier 2 in Chennai. SRH will play against the winner of Eliminator (RR vs RCB) in Qualifier 2. 

Chasing the target of 160, Kolkata never fell like lagging as Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer hit fifties and made most use of the ordinary Hyderbad side in the field which dropped easy chances.

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Earlier, opting to bat first, Hyderabad were struck on the on second ball as Mitchell Starc clean-bowled Travis Head. They never recovered from that despite Rahul Traipthi scoring 55 0ff 35 balls. However, he was run out and only Pat Cummins'; late surge of 30 off 24 balls managed to get Hyderabad past 150. 

Apart from Cummins and Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (32) and Abdul Samad (16) were the only other SRH players to get into the double digits. Mitchell Starc took three wickets in the powerplay and finished with figures of 3/34 while Varun Chakaravarthy took two wickets. 

IPL 2024: KKR vs SRH Playing 11

KKR Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford

SRH Playing 11: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat

How to watch the live telecast of KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1 match ?

Star Sports will live telecast the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) match. The English commentary will be available on Star Sports 1 HD/SD and Star Sports 2 HD/SD. Meanwhile, the live Hindi commentary will be available on Star Sports Hindi HD/SD. KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1 live broadcast will be available in seven other regional languages.

10:58 PM

Which team will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the final? Check out here

 

Knight Riders have been impeccable this year, winning against all the teams and losing just three games at the league stage. They also sailed through the Qualifier 1 against one of the most dangerous batting line-ups. 

 

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IPL 2024 final. Photo: Sportzpics

 

10:56 PM

Check out the Kolkata Knight Riders full scorecard here

Kolkata Knight Riders Inning164-2 (13.4 ov) CRR:12.00
Batter				R		B			4s		6s		SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)		c V Viyaskanth b T Natarajan		23		14			2		2		164.29
Sunil Narine		c V Viyaskanth b P Cummins		21		16			4		0		131.25
Venkatesh Iyer		Not out		51		28			5		4		182.14
Shreyas Iyer (C)		Not out		58		24			5		4		241.67
Extras		11 (b 0, Ib 9, w 2, nb 0, p 0)
Total		164 (2 wkts, 13.4 Ov)
Did not Bat		Rinku Singh,Andre Russell,Ramandeep Singh,Mitchell Starc,Vaibhav Arora,Harshit Rana,Varun Chakravarthy
Fall of Wickets
44-1(Rahmanullah Gurbaz 3.2),67-2(Sunil Narine 6.2)
Bowler	O		M		R		W			NB		WD		ECO
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3		0		28		0			0		0		9.33
Pat Cummins	3		0		38		1			0		1		12.67
T Natarajan	3		0		22		1			0		1		7.33
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	2		0		22		0			0		0		11
Travis Head	1.4		0		32		0			0		0		19.2
Nitish Kumar Reddy	1		0		13		0			0		0		13

10:52 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Kolkata wins by eight wickets, reaches final

 

Shreyas Iyer has decided that he would do it in style as he hits Head for three sixes and a four to win the match in the next four balls. It seemed like Head just wanted to get off the field as soon as possible as he was just throwing half volley and Shreyas Iyer was making the most of it, reaching his fifty as well. 

 

10:49 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Fifty for Venkatesh Iyer

 

Over Summary: 1 1 4 1 0 6; KKR 142-2 after 13 overs 

Shreyas Iyer (36), Venkatesh Iyer (51); Nitish Reddy 1-0-13-0 

 

And that would be fifty for Venkatesh Iyer and that too in style as it has come with a six. 

 

10:47 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Head into the attack

 

Over Summary: 4 0 1 4 1 0; KKR 129-2 after 12 overs 

Shreyas Iyer (30), Venkatesh Iyer (44); Travis Head 1-0-10-0 

 

Travis Head is into the attack and he gets hit for 10 runs as well. Kolkata are very close to win here. 

 

10:42 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Head drops Shreyas as Hyderabad's heads drop

 

Over Summary: 0 6 1 0 1 4; KKR 119-2 after 11 overs 

Shreyas Iyer (25), Venkatesh Iyer (39); T Natarajan 3-0-22-1 

 

A regulation catch goes down as Shreyas Iyer is now having his third life going having been dropped by Travis Head at point. 

 

10:40 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Shreyas dropped by Klaasen

 

Over Summary: 0 1 1 2 1 6; KKR 107-2 after 10 overs 

Shreyas Iyer (14), Venkatesh Iyer (38); Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2-0-22-0 

 

Almost a wicket for Hyderabad here, but it has been such a day that the catch, already caught by Klaasen, pops out of his gloves as he almost collides with Tripathi. 

 

10:38 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Shreyas into the act

 

Over Summary: 1 4 0 1 4 1; KKR 96-2 after 9 overs 

Sunil Narine (10), Venkatesh Iyer (31); Pat Cummins 3-0-38-1 

 

Shreyas Iyer has now joined Venkatesh in the act as the match is now getting out of the grasp of the Hyderabad side. 

 

10:36 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Iyer hits a six

 

Over Summary: 1 6 1 1 1 1; KKR 85-2 after 8 overs 

Sunil Narine (4), Venkatesh Iyer (26); Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 1-0-11-0 

 

Venkatesh Iyer has hit one high in the air and it is going for a huge six against Viayaskanth. 

 

10:17 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Cummins gets Narine

 

Over Summary: 4 W 1 0 6 0; KKR 74-2 after 7 overs 

Sunil Narine (1), Venkatesh Iyer (18); Pat Cummins 2-0-27-1 

 

Wicket!! Pat Cummins gets the big wicket of Sunil Narine who is caught in the deep. However, Venkatesh Iyer comes and hits a six to say that they are not worried about the wickets at all. 

 

10:09 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Time-Out taken

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 Wd 4 1; KKR 63-1 after 6 overs 

Sunil Narine (17), Venkatesh Iyer (12); T Natarajan 2-0-10-1 

 

The powerplay has come to an end here and it is time for the time-out as six runs come off the over and Hyderabad would look to find a way to get a wicket here. 

 

10:03 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Fifty up for Kolkata

 

Over Summary: 0 4 4 0 0 0; KKR 57-1 after 5 overs 

Sunil Narine (12), Venkatesh Iyer (12); Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3-0-28-0 

 

Ball 6 Three dots and it would be the end of the over. 

 

Ball 5 That would be a dot as well 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball 

 

Ball 3 Four!! Now Venkatesh goes down the ground and hits yet another four. 

 

Ball 2 Four!! On the legs and hit to deep fine leg for a four 

 

Ball 1 Dot ball first up from Bhuvi 

 

9:56 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Natarajan gets Hyderabad back

 

Over Summary: 0 W 4 L1 0 0; KKR 49-1 after 4 overs 

Sunil Narine (12), Venkatesh Iyer (4); T Natarajan 1-0-4-1 

 

Ball 6 Dot to end the over as well. Good one for Natarajan and Hyderabad

 

Ball 5 Dot ball as there is a play and a miss from Narine 

 

Ball 4 Leg byes will take him off strike 

 

Ball 3 Four!! Venkatesh gets off the marks with a boundary 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Natarajan strikes as Gurbaz hits straight into the hands of extra cover where Viyaskanth makes no mistake 

 

Ball 1 Dot ball. Play and a miss from Gurbaz 

 

9:52 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Natarajan gets Gurbaz

Ball 2 Wicket!! Natarajan strikes as Gurbaz hits straight into the hands of extra cover where Viyaskanth makes no mistake 

 

Ball 1 Dot ball. Play and a miss from Gurbaz 

 

9:50 PM

KKR vs SRH LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Knight Riders on the march

 

Over Summary: L4 1 6 4 1 2; KKR 44-0 after 3 overs 

Sunil Narine (12), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23); Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-0-20-0 

 

Ball 6 Two off the last ball would make it 18 off the over

 

Ball 5 Single and Gurbaz will now be off-strike 

 

Ball 4 Four!! On length and Gurbaz hits it on the up and over mid-wicket for a four 

 

Ball 3 Six!! Clean as a whistle as Gurbaz goes down the ground against Bhuvneshwar 

 

Ball 2 Single off the second ball 

 

Ball 1 Review taken on the first ball as there is a huge shout for LBW and they go for the review. However, it is wickets missing and that would mean Hyderabad have now lost both their reviews. It would remain four leg byes.