The Kolkata Knight Riders defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in Qualifier No. 1 of the IPL 2024. Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. However, they were only able to score 159 runs and get all out in just 19.3 overs. The target of 160 runs proves to be just a cakewalk for the Knight Riders, as they chase the target in 13.4 overs by losing just two wickets.
Yesterday IPL Match Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad Batting
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Travis Head | b Starc | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abhishek Sharma | c Russell b Arora | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Rahul Tripathi | run out (Russell/Rahmanullah Gurbaz) | 55 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 157.14 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Starc | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | b Starc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | c Singh b Varun | 32 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 152.38 |
| Abdul Samad | c SS Iyer b Harshit Rana | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 133.33 |
| Sanvir Singh | b Narine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins (c) | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Russell | 30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 125 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | lbw b Varun | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vijayakanth Viyaskanth | not out | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| Extras | (nb 2, w 5) | 7 | ||||
| TOTAL | 19.3 Ov (RR: 8.15) | 159 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling
| BOWLING | O | R | W | ECON |
| Mitchell Starc | 4 | 34 | 3 | 8.5 |
| Vaibhav Arora | 2 | 17 | 1 | 8.5 |
| Harshit Rana | 4 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 40 | 1 | 10 |
| Andre Russell | 1.3 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 26 | 2 | 6.5 |
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Kolkata Knight Riders Batting
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | c Viyaskanth b Natarajan | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 164.28 |
| Sunil Narine | c Viyaskanth b 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 | 241.66 |
| Extras | (lb 9, w 2) | 11 | ||||
| TOTAL | 13.4 Ov (RR: 12.00) | 164/2 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling
| BOWLING | O | R | W | ECON |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 3 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 |
| Pat Cummins | 3 | 38 | 1 | 12.66 |
| T Natarajan | 3 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 |
| Vijayakanth Viyaskanth | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Travis Head | 1.4 | 32 | 0 | 19.2 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Yesterday IPL Man of the Match
In Qualifier No. 1 of the IPL 2024 between KKR and SRH yesterday, Mitchell Starc was named player of the match for his marvelous bowling spell. Starc claimed three wickets and conceded just 34 runs in four overs.
| Player | Team | Bowling Figures |
| Mitchell Starc | KKR | 3/34 (4) |
Yesterday IPL Match Most Runs
In match no. 71 of the IPL 2024 between KKR and SRH last night, Shreyas Iyer was the standout batter. He was the highest scorer of the previous night’s game, scoring 58* off just 24 balls.
| Player | Team | Runs |
| Shreyas Iyer | KKR | 58* (24) |
Yesterday IPL Match Most Wickets
The most productive bowler in the KKR vs. SRH match was Mitchell Starc. He took three wickets and gave up just 34 runs in his four overs.
| Player | Team | Bowling Figures |
| Mitchell Starc | KKR | 3/34 (4) |
Yesterday IPL Match Most Sixes
The top-six hitters in yesterday’s IPL match between KKR and SRH were Iyer. They have nothing in common between them except their surname and the number of sixes that they hit during their innings in last night’s game. Both Shreyas and Venkatesh smashed four sixes each last night.
| Player | Team | Sixes |
| Shreyas Iyer | KKR | 4 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | KKR | 4 |
Yesterday IPL Match Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI –Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Substitute: N/A
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI – Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan
Impact Substitute: Abhishek Sharma (OUT) Shanvir Singh (IN)
