IPL 2024: Qualifier 1, KKR vs SRH

Mitchell Starc cleaned up Travis Head on the second ball of the innings after Pat Cummins opted to bat

SRH were rattled as Abhishek Sharma fell in the second over

Rahul Tripathi took the attack to KKR even as his team were in a tricky situation

Rahul Tripathi led SRH's counter attack in the middle-overs

Heinrich Klaasen was excellent in the middle-overs too as SRH pushed ahead after a poor PowerPlay

KKR hit back by dismissing both the set batters towards the end of this phase

SRH brought out Sanvir Singh as impact substitute, but he was cleaned up first ball

Pat Cummins dragged SRH ahead with a 24-ball 30

SRH were bowled out in the final over for 159

Sunil Narine continued to swing his bat around for quick runs in the PowerPlay

Natarajan dismissed Gurbaz in the fourth over

Narine and Venkatesh Iyer however ensured KKR got more than 60 in the PowerPlay for the ninth time this season

Sunil Narine fell to Cummins but Venkatesh Iyer maintained KKR's gallop towards a win

SRH didn't help themselves as they dropped a couple of catches that came their way

Venkatesh Iyer smashed 51* off 28 and Shreyas Iyer got 58* off 24

KKR chased down the total with 8 wickets and 38 balls to spare to reach their first IPL final since 2021