Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 36 runs to win Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 and book a ticket to the final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This win on Friday will take SRH to the final on Sunday, May 26.
Needing 176 to win the match, Rajasthan were pushed to the wall by part-time left-arm spinners Abhishek Sharma and Shabz Ahmed who together in their eight overs gave away just 47 runs and took five wickets to derail the Royals. Dhruv Jurel's fifty was the saving grace for the Men in Pink and Blue.
Asked to bat first, Hyderabad just could not get going as only Heinrich Klaasen (50), Rahul Tripathi (37) and to an extent Tarvis Head (34) could contribute greatly to take the team to a decent total of 175. For Rajasthan, Trent Boult and Avesh Khan took three wickets each while Sandeep Sharma bowled excellently well to dismiss both Head and Klaasen and finish with figures of 2/25 in his four overs.
Earlier RR skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first
Hyderabad made two changes in their playing 11 with Jaydev Unadkat and Aiden Markram replacing Shahbaz Ahmed and Viyaskanth Vijaykanth. For Rajasthan, there were no changes in their winning playing 11 combinations.
IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: SRH vs RR Playing 11
RR Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (wk/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal
[Impact Substitute: Shimron Hetmyer, Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira, Kuldeep Sen]
SRH Playing 11:Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
[Impact Substitute: Umran Malik, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Shahbaz Ahmed]
How to watch the live telecast of the SRH vs RR Qualifier 2 match?
Star Sports will live telecast the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) 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. SRH vs RR Qualifier 2 live broadcast will be available in seven other regional languages.