Knight Riders have been one of the flawless sides in the tournament, turning up and delivering at every moment to make it to their fourth IPL final
Two-time champions Kolkata will lock horns with Hyderabad in the IPL 2024 final on May 26 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The live match will begin at 730 PM IST
Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Playing 11: While Jaydev Unadkat and Aiden Markram were back in the Sunrisers playing 11 Rajasthan made no changes to their winning combination
Hyderabad vs Rajasthan key match-ups: SRH opener Travis Head could take confidence from the fact that only Sandeep Sharma has got the better of him
SRH vs RR head-to-head record: Hyderabad have a slight advantage with 10 wins in 19 matches against Rajasthan's 9. Dew will play a significant role in the evening as humidity
IPL's best power-hitters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma will face a very different challenge in wily spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin when Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals in a high-octane second Qualifier here on Friday. 'Travishek' as the duo is affectionately called by the fans have taken power-hitting to a new level. Head (533 runs at 199.62) and Abhishek (470 at 207.04) have hit 72 sixes apart from 96 boundaries between them. If that's not enough, they have a swashbuckler in Heinrich Klaasen (413 runs at 180), who also has 34 maximums to his credit. But playing on an Uppal shirtfront that resembled a national highway or at the Kotla or Wankhede is completely from playing at the Chepauk where the strip will be sticky in nature. The ball stops and stroke-makers do have a tough time when it comes to hitting through the line. Ashwin, who has played all his cricket at this ground, knows the strip like the back of his hand and his form has improved .
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the "puzzling" batting approach of Sunrisers Hyderabad during the powerplay in the first IPL Qualifier, suggesting their reckless strategy may have cost them the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Having cleaned up his fellow Australian Travis Head with a peach of a delivery with his second ball, Mitchell Starc blew away the SRH top-order in his opening spell of 3-0-22-3. SRH lost four wickets inside the powerplay to be dismissed for a paltry 159, a target KKR shot down in 13.4 overs to storm into the Sunday's summit clash in Chennai. "It was a terrific performance, no question. Such an impressive display with both the bat and the ball. They took four wickets in the power play, and that's where the Sunrisers were pushed onto the back foot, really on the ropes. They couldn't recover from that," the former Indian captain told Star Sports Cricket Live. "There was a partnership of sorts, but to me, the approach of the SRH batters in those first
The winner of IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Friday, May 24, will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the final
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
Not one player from IPL 2024 top two teams, KKR and SRH, have found a place in India's main squad for the T20 World Cup, while 4 players from Mumbai Indians made it to the players' list
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11 prediction: Sunrisers and Knight Riders have made no changes in their Playing 11.
In the powerplay, Sunrisers batters have hit 55 sixes compared to KKR's 39. SRH batters sent the ball over the boundary line most 63 times at a rate of 4.8 sixes per match in the middle overs.
IPL 2024: Virat Kohli is likely to win the orange cap while Harshal Patel might get tough competition from KKR's spinner Varun Chakaravarthy and SRH's pacer T Natarajan
KKR vs SRH head-to-head record: Kolkata have a clear advantage with 17 victories against Hyderabad's 9. Knight Riders have a good success rate in the playoffs as well, winning 62 per cent of matches.
Rajasthan, which had a stellar season of IPL 2024 at the start, has lost four games on the trot to find themselves in such a tough situation where a win is a must for them to finish in the top two
Rajasthan, who remained at the top of the points table in first half of IPL 2024, ended their league campaign at 3rd spot on leaderboard.
SRH vs PBKS head-to-head record: Hyderabad have a clear advantage as they have won 15 out of 22 matches vs Punjab. When the two teams locked horns, previously, in IPL 2024, Punjab fell short by 2 runs
Kolkata have assured themselves a top two spot as no team could reach 19 points after the conclusion of league stage. RCB to play the Eliminator on May 22, 2024.
Indian Premier League 2024 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings highlights: SRH won by four wickets and moved to the second spot in the points table
Hyderabad have 15 points 13 games. Gujarat finished the league phase with 12 points in 14 games, two of them were washed out.