IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs to reach Final

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs to reach Final of IPL 2024, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai today

Match Summary

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, Qualifier 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad 175/9 (20 ov)

Rajasthan Royals 139/7 (20 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 36 runs.

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Match Highlights - Hyderabad knock Rajasthan out, set up final with Kolkata

Sunrisers Hyderabad will be taking on Kolkata Knight Riders in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 after They defeated Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in the Qualifier 2 on Friday night. Asked to bat, Hyderabad posted 175 for nine, in response Rajasthan managed just 139 for seven.

Abhishek Sharma started aggressively for Hyderabad with the bat but couldn’t carry on as he perished in the first over. Travis Head (34:28b, 3x4, 1x6) and Rahul Tripathi (37:15b, 5x4, 2x6) rejuvenated the team’s innings after wicket. The Head-Tripathi partnership added 42 runs for the second wicket but after their partnership Rajasthan bowlers pulled back the things incredibly well and put Hyderabad under immense pressure, leaving them tottering at 120 for six. Heinrich Klaasen (50:34b, 4x6) struck a valiant half-century to get his team back in the game. His solid hand with the bat powered Hyderabad to a total of 175 for nine. For Rajasthan, Avesh Khan was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of three for 27. Trent Boult also picked three wickets while Sandeep Sharam bagged two scalps.

In the chase, Yashasvi Jaiswal (42:21b, 4x4, 3x6) took Rajasthan off to a brutal start even as Tom Kohler-Cadmore struggled to get going at the other end. But after the wicket of Jaiswal, nothing went in Rajasthan's favour as they kept losing wickets in quick succession. Skipper Sanju Samson also perished early as the Hyderabad bowlers were all over the batters. Dhruv Jurel (56 not out: 35b, 7x4, 2x6) kept his team in the hunt with his valiant half-century as Hyderabad restricted the opposition to 139 for seven and won the game by 36 runs.

Match Stats

Sunrisers Hyderabad Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Abhishek Sharma - 0.6 ov), 2-55 (Rahul Tripathi - 4.3 ov), 3-57 (Aiden Markram - 4.6 ov), 4-99 (Travis Head - 9.6 ov), 5-120 (Nitish Kumar Reddy - 13.5 ov), 6-120 (Abdul Samad - 13.6 ov), 7-163 (Heinrich Klaasen - 18.1 ov), 8-170 (Shahbaz Ahmed - 19.3 ov), 9-175 (Jaydev Unadkat - 19.6 ov

Rajasthan Royals Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore - 3.6 ov), 2-65 (Yashasvi Jaiswal - 7.5 ov), 3-67 (Sanju Samson - 8.3 ov), 4-79 (Riyan Parag - 11.1 ov), 5-79 (Ravichandran Ashwin - 11.4 ov), 6-92 (Shimron Hetmyer - 13.4 ov), 7-124 (Rovman Powell - 17.4 ov)

Playing XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Rajasthan Royals