IPL 2024: Kavya Maran hugs her father Kalanithi Maran at the end of SRH vs RR Qualifer 2.© X (formerly Twitter)
SunRisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs in the Qualifer 2 game of IPL 2024 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Friday. SRH thus set up a final clash with Kolkata Knight Riders at the same venue. The summit clash will take place on May 26th. Talking about Friday’s game, the duo of Trent Boult and Avesh Khan picked three wickets each but SRH still managed to post a competitive 175 for 9 in 20 overs. Apart from Boult (3/45) and Avesh Khan (3/27), Sandeep Sharma (2/25) also registered his name among the wicket-takers after RR won the toss and opted to bowl.
For SRH, Heinrich Klaasen was the top scorer with a 34-ball 50, while Travis Head (34) and Rahul Tripathi (37) started but could not stay longer. In response, RR were restricted to 139 for 7 in 20 overs thanks to Shahbaz Ahmed’s 3 for 23.
SRH owner Kavya Maran was ecstatic when the team reached the IPL final after 6 years. She was spotted sharing a warm hug with her father Kalanithi Maran as soon as SRH registered a win over RR in the Qualifier 2 game.
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Shahbaz Ahmed, who won the Man of the Match award, said, “The captain and coach told me that depending on the situation we would use you, my role was to bat in the lower order and they said if we collapse we will send you .”
It is important to note that Shahbaz was signed as an Impact player in the game after SRH lost six in the game.
“When I was batting, I felt that this wicket had something and the way Avesh (Khan) and Sandeep (Sharma) bowled it showed. I am proud to have got Man of the Match in such a game, the atmosphere is quite relaxed in the camp just let’s celebrate after winning the final, tonight we will just relax”, he added.
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