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May 22, 2024
One team, Rajasthan, a Royals, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, will be knocked out of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday.
One team, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be knocked out of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday. The two sides face off in the Eliminator in Ahmedabad. The winner will face SunRisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 on Friday, while it will be the end of the road for the loss. Suppose Rajasthan Royals are coming off four losses and a rained-off game. In that case, RCB has notched up six consecutive wins to warn their rivals that they mean business in the playoffs. RR, the 2008 IPL winners, suddenly find themselves as the underdogs when they were red-hot favorites a couple of weeks ago. (RR vs RCB Eliminator Live Updates | Live Scorecard)
When on song, Rajasthan Royals have shown they are unbeatable, but the last four games have exposed their batting and bowling frailties. The exit of Jos Buttler has taken a lot of firepower out of their batting. A lot will depend on Yashasvi Jaiswal (348 runs), skipper Samson (504), and Riyan Parag (531) to halt the slide.
Former Indian cricket team batter Sunil Gavaskar said it might be a one-sided contest.
“What RCB has done is nothing short of phenomenal. Firstly, to believe that they can bounce back. That requires something special. You have to say that their leading players Faf du Plessis, Virat KOhli, their senior players, they are the guys who are most encouraging the other players. Other team members can quickly get into a situation like , ‘Oh we have lost everything’. Both of them have played extraordinary cricket,” Sunil Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“Rajasthan they have lost four-five matches. They have not played their last game as well. They have been out of practice. Unless they do something special that KKR did today, despite not playing for 11 days, it could well turn out be another one-sided game tomorrow. My fear is it will be another one sided game tomorrow, where the RCB will walk all over RR. I will be surprised if that does not happen.”
Mitchell Starc-powered, Kolkata Knight Riders’ juggernaut rolled into the IPL final as the two-time champions produced a ruthless performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad for an eight-wicket win in Qualifier 1
The Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders had a great day in office as it crashed SunRisers Hyderabad to enter the IPL 2024 final. The team chased down a 160-run target in less than 14 overs to stamp their authority. Mitchell Starc-powered, Kolkata Knight Riders’ juggernaut, rolled into the IPL final as the two-time champions produced a ruthless performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad for an eight-wicket win in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday. Starc produced a stunning opening burst of three wickets in the powerplay to break the back of SRH’s dangerous batting.
They were eventually shot out for a mere 159 in 19.3 overs, with Rahul Tripathi scoring a vital 55. At the same time, Heinrich Klaasen (32) and Pat Cummins (30) also fought hard.
On a benign wicket in steaming hot conditions, SRH’s fight petered out as KKR knocked off the innocuous 160-run target in a mere 13.4 overs with skipper Shreyas Iyer (58 not out off 24) and Venkatesh Iyer (51 not out off 28) taking them over the line.
After the win, Shah Rukh took a lap of honor at the Narendra Modi Stadium. But mistakenly, he walked in front of a broadcasters’ talk show and interrupted the chat. He instantly regretted the decision and apologized to Aakash Chopra, Suresh Raina, and Parthiv Patel.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins urged his team to forget the heavy defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders and concentrate on the second IPL Qualifier. He said there are days in T20 cricket when things just don’t work out. SRH was handed an eight-wicket hammering by KKR in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday.
The Cummins-led side will get another crack at making the final. SRH will take the winner of the Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chennai on Friday.
“We will try to put this day behind quickly, good thing we will have a crack at it (qualifier 2).
“You have these days in T20 cricket when it doesn’t work out. We had few starts but didn’t go on with bat. Not good with the ball. We weren’t where we wanted with the bat and obviously couldn’t do much with the ball.” “We all have played enough cricket, and going to a new venue (Chennai) helps us as well, so we got to keep this behind and move on.” Pacer Mitchel Starc was adjudged player of the match for his sensational bowling up front when he claimed the scalps of Travis Head, Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed in the powerplay.
“We know how important the powerplay is. These were the two sides who have dominated in the powerplay with the bat. We needed to pick early wickets and get into their middle-order.
“The way Head and Abhishek have been playing thoughout the tournament, they like width and free their arms. We just tried to swing the ball and not provide them width. Bowl stump to stump and tried the hard length. The spinners were practical, and the whole bowling department was great.
On Head’s scalp, he said: “Got lucky I guess, was nice to see his back early, not always the case.” Winning skipper Shreyas Iyer was elated by the result and said the unplanned 10-day break the team got due to two washed-out matches helped the players rejuvenate.
“The rejuvenation was important for us. When you travel so much. It’s important to stay in the present. Today was the day we had to maximise, we did it and that’s what we thrive on.
“The way every bowler stood up to this occasion, the way they came in and took wickets, that was imperative. The attitude and approach of all bowlers was to take wickets and they did.”
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