Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz mentioned his mom remains to be recovering within the hospital. Gurbaz performed a 23-run knock from 14 balls at a strike price of 164.29 throughout KKR’s match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the Qualifier 1 match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. Talking on the post-match press convention, Gurbaz mentioned he got here again from Afghanistan since KKR wanted him as Philip Salt’s substitute within the enjoying eleven. The 22-year-old added his mom is pleased for his efficiency within the match.
“My mom remains to be recovering within the hospital, I converse to her on daily basis. However I knew my KKR household wanted me right here as soon as Phil Salt left. So I got here again from Afghanistan, and I am pleased to be right here. My mom is pleased for me too,” Gurbaz mentioned.
“My mom remains to be recovering within the hospital, I converse to her on daily basis. However I knew my KKR household wanted me right here as soon as Phil Salt left. So I got here again from Afghanistan, and I am pleased to be right here. My mom is pleased for me too”
– Rahmanullah Gurbaz (After KKR beat SRH to enter… pic.twitter.com/57YGVfhiTX
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 21, 2024
Earlier, the right-handed hitter didn’t characteristic in any video games for the KKR this season due to Salt and Sunil Narine’s success on the high of the opening order and the sport towards the Hyderbad-based franchise within the playoffs was his first match of the IPL 2024.
Recapping the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat first. After being decreased to 39/4 following an unimaginable powerplay spell by Mitchell Starc, a 62-run stand between Rahul Tripathi (55 in 35 balls, with seven fours and a six) and Heinrich Klaasen (32 in 21 balls, with three fours and a six) helped SRH cross the 100-run mark. However wickets stored falling for Sunrisers as bowlers have been in a position to keep strain on KKR. A late cameo from skipper Mitchell Starc (30 in 24 balls, with two fours and two sixes) took SRH to a decent 159 in 19.3 overs.
Starc was the decide of the bowlers for KKR, with a spell of three/34 in 4 overs, as soon as once more making an impression in the course of the huge levels. Varun Chakravarthy additionally picked up 2/26 in 4 overs. Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Vaibhav Arora obtained a wicket every.
Within the run-chase of 160 runs, a 44-run partnership between openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23 in 14 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Sunil Narine (21 in 16 balls, with 4 boundaries) offered a high-quality platform to KKR. Attacking half-centuries from skipper Shreyas Iyer (58* in 24 balls, with 5 fours and 4 sixes) and Venkatesh Iyer (51* in 28 balls, with 5 fours and 4 sixes) made a mockery of SRH’s bowling and run-chase, successful the sport by eight wickets with 38 balls to go.
With this win, KKR has earned a direct spot within the last, whereas SRH has another shot on the title conflict and can play in Qualifier two towards the winner of the eliminator match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) happening on Wednesday.
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