Kolkata Knight Riders cut the ticket for the final - defeated Hyderabad by 8 wickets

KKR vs SRH: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has reached the finals by winning the first qualifier of IPL. The team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 8 wickets. Kolkata has reached the final for the fourth time. Earlier, the team had reached the finals of the 2021 season. Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and were all out for 159 runs in 19.3 overs. In reply, Kolkata achieved the target for 2 wickets in 13.4 overs. Venkatesh Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 51 runs and Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs. There was an unbeaten partnership of 97 runs between the two on 44 balls. Pat Cummins and T. Natarajan got one wicket each.

Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Lost 4 wickets in the power play itself. Rahul Tripathi was the only batsman to score a fifty.

Rahul was run out. After this he sat on the steps of the pavilion and started crying. Mitchell Starc of KKR took 3 wickets. Varun Vakravarthy got 2 wickets.

Kolkata defeated Hyderabad by eight wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) entered the final by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the Qualifier-1 match with the brilliant half-centuries of Venkatesh Iyer and captain Shreyas Iyer after the brilliant performance of the bowlers. Batting first, Hyderabad scored 159 runs in 19.3 overs with the help of Rahul Tripathi's 55 runs, but KKR scored unbeaten 58 runs with the help of Shreyas' five fours and four sixes on 24 balls and Venkatesh Iyer's five fours on 28 balls. And won the match by scoring 164 runs for two wickets in 13.4 overs with the help of an unbeaten inning of 51 runs with the help of four sixes.

Hyderabad's innings ended at 159 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all out Sunrisers Hyderabad for 159 runs in 19.3 overs due to the excellent performance of the bowlers led by fast bowler Mitchell Starc. KKR has to score 160 runs to reach the final. Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins had decided to bat first after winning the toss, but Starc gave early blows and his innings faltered. The Hyderabad team could not recover from these setbacks, but with the half-century of Rahul Tripathi and finally the fast innings of Cummins, the team was successful in crossing the 150-run mark.

Mitchell Starc took three wickets for KKR. The most expensive seller in the history of the tournament, Starc's performance in the current season was not anything special, but in an important match like Qualifier-1, he showed his potential. Starc gave a big blow to Hyderabad by dismissing Travis Head in the very first over without opening the account. After this he also sent Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed to the pavilion. Apart from Starc, spinner Varun Chakraborty took two wickets for KKR. Interestingly, every bowler of KKR achieved success in this match and was successful in stopping Hyderabad from scoring big.

Amidst the falling wickets, Rahul Tripathi along with Heinrich Klaasen took charge of the innings and completed his half-century in just 29 balls. However, Rahul was run out after scoring 55 runs in 35 balls with the help of seven fours and one six. Apart from him, Klaasen contributed 32 runs on 21 balls and Cummins contributed 30 runs on 24 balls. Hyderabad's batting was so bad in this match that only four batsmen of the team could reach double figures. If Hyderabad wants to reach the final, its bowlers will have to perform well.