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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 21, 2024, 14:28:59 IST
KKR vs SRH Today IPL Match Live Score: A staggering 1,208 sixes in 70 matches have been struck in the current edition of IPL. Leading the count with 160 in 13 matches, is none other than Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), whose batting has personified their fearless approach and helped them climb from bottom (last year) to second (this year) position in the table. Led by the dynamic Australian pacer Pat Cummins, SRH will be eager to go the distance this time around. But first, they will have to cross a hurdle in the form of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the first qualifier in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Mentored by Gautam Gambhir, under whom KKR won their two IPL titles in 2014 and 2016, the Knight Riders have been the form team this season. The opening pair of West Indian Sunil Narine and Englishman Phil Salt, who has left for national duty, have hit the new ball bowlers to all parts of the ground. But with both their last league matches getting rained off, Kolkata haven't been able to test Salt's like-for-like replacement, Rahmanullah Gurbaz. The middle-order comprising Venkatesh Iyer, captain Shreyas Iyer, southpaw Nitish Rana have sustained the momentum provided by the openers while Rinku Singh and Andre Russell have chipped in with vital contributions down the order. The Sunrisers' bowling mix of veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, left-arm pacer T Natarajan and Cummins will test the KKR batting. With Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga missing in action, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth has provided the spin bowling option along with left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed. SRH have matched KKR's might at the top of the order with left-handed batters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma going hammer and tongs from the first ball.
Today IPL Match Live: Travis Head
Today IPL Match Live: Hyderabad's attacking opener Travis Head has scored 533 runs, with a century and four fifties, to stand third in the batting chart led by Bengaluru's Virat Kohli on 708
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Cummins handy with the bat
KKR vs SRH Live Score: His lower-order batting -- Cummins scored an IPL fifty in 14 balls in 2022 for Kolkata -- has also come in handy with a highest of 35 not out
Today IPL Match Live: Captain Cummins
Today IPL Match Live: Cummins has 15 wickets in 13 games but it is his captaincy that has stood out with his rotation of bowlers key in Hyderabad winning eight out of 14 matches
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Wickets at a cost
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Starc has taken 12 wickets in 12 matches but has been expensive, with an economy rate of more than 11 per over on the batting-friendly pitches that have dominated the 2024 season
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Today IPL Match Live: Starc set for the World Cup
Today IPL Match Live: Starc then took 4-33 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium earlier this month, getting into the groove ahead of the World Cup
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Justify his price tag
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Starc had a quiet start, but began to justify his price tag with match-winning figures of 3-38 against Lucknow Super Giants last month
Today IPL Match Live: Top 3 highest innings
Today IPL Match Live: Kolkata hit 272-7 against Delhi Capitals this season, the third highest innings in IPL history behind Hyderabad's two huge totals
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Kolkata have been the team to beat with 20 points from 14 matches and were the first of the 10 IPL teams to clinch a playoff place
HEAD TO HEAD
Today IPL Match Live: Second chance for the losers
Today IPL Match Live: The losers will get a second chance on Friday against either the third-placed Rajasthan Royals or Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who finished fourth. They play in an Eliminator on Wednesday
KKR vs SRH Live Score: For a spot in the final
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Former champions Hyderabad finished second after a four-wicket win over Punjab Kings on Sunday with Kolkata topping the table -- setting up the clash at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad where the winners will reach Sunday's final
Today IPL Match Live: Pat Cummins vs Mitchell Starc
Today IPL Match Live: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Cummins cost Rs 20.5 crore at auction, a record which stood briefly until Kolkata Knight Riders then paid Rs 24.75 crore for fast bowler Starc
KKR vs SRH Live Score: Aussie vs Aussie
KKR vs SRH Live Score: The two highest-priced players in the IPL -- Australia teammates Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc -- will go head-to-head on Tuesday for a place in the final as the cash-rich Twenty20 league enters the playoffs
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