After an exciting group stage of the IPL 2024, the tournament is witnessing the playoff stage. In the first qualifier, Kolkata Knight Riders are facing Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The KKR side is showing their domination once again. But Rinku Singh’s effort to dismiss Heinrich Klaasen following avoiding a collision with his teammate Venkatesh Iyer grabbed the limelight.Â
Rinku Avoid the Collison with Venkatesh Iyer:
After having an exciting group stage in the IPl 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders showcased their brilliance. Throughout the whole season, they showcased their brilliance. Along with them, Sunrisers Hyderabad also showcased their brilliance. With that brilliance, they secured second place in the points table and finally met KKR in the first qualifier of the tournament.
They gave an amazing start to the match. They started dominating them from the beginning. But an incident in the 11th over caught the attention. In that over, Varun Chakravarthy came to bowl. Varun Chakaravarthy delivered a quick and full ball just outside off, tempting Klaasen into a slog. However, the ball forced him to hit towards the longer part of the ground. Despite Klaasen’s attempt, his shot lacked the desired connection, leading to Rinku taking a comfortable catch at deep mid-wicket, ensuring no mistake was made.
But Rinku, stationed at deep midwicket, sprinted to his right and managed to catch the ball just inside the boundary line. Meanwhile, Venkatesh Iyer, fielding at deep square leg, was also running towards the ball from the opposite direction. Despite the potential collision between the two players, Rinku skillfully avoided it and successfully secured the catch and dismissed Klaasen.
Match Tour:
After qualifier 1, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are locking horns at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad crowd is enjoying the exciting clash, After winning the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins opted to bat first. Since the beginning, KKR gave a dominating start and Hyderabad had a shaky start. Travis Head was dismissed on a duck and lost their first wicket in the very first over. That was an early setback.
Abhishek Sharma was dismissed on 3 runs. Rahul Tripathi played an exciting half-century knock at a very crucial moment. He scored 55 runs in 35 balls. Heinrich Klaasen added 32 runs in 21 balls. The KKR bowlers are in an exciting form. Mitchell Starc secured 3 wickets in 34 runs. Varun Chakravarthy secured 2 wickets in 26 runs. The other bowlers got one wicket each.
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