IPL 2024: Kavya Maran hugs her father Kalanithi Maran after the RR Qualifer 2 match against SRH. © Chennai . Thus, SRH held a final match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the same venue. The match will be played on May 26.
Talking about Friday’s match, pacers Trent Boult and Avesh Khan took three wickets each but SRH still managed to post a
competitive 175 for 9 for 20. Apart from Boult (3/45) and Avesh Khan (3/27), Sandeep Sharma (25/2) also found his name at among wicketkeepers after RR conceded too many goals.Heinrich Klaasen was the top scorer for SRH with a 34-ball 34, while Travis Head (34) and Rahul Tripathi (37) started but could not stay for long. In reply, RR were restricted to 139 for 7 in the 20th over, thanks to Shahbaz Ahmed’s 3 for 23.
SRH owner Kavya Maran was delighted with the team reaching the IPL final after six years at Maran after SRH beat RR in the qualifier 2.
Man of the Match winner Shahbaz Ahmed said: “The captain and the coach told me how we will use you, my job was to break the order and if we can’t do that we will send you off.” It is worth mentioning that Shahbaz was chosen as the man of the match after SRH lost the match by six points. “We are very comfortable in the camp. We will celebrate after winning the final, tonight we are just resting.”
