IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 1st Innings Highlights against RR in Qualifier 2

There are just three clubs who stand a chance of winning the Indian Premier League IPL 2024 on Sunday in Chennai, with just two games left in this thrilling season. Today’s Qualifier 2 in Chennai featured the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. With the intention of taking advantage of the dew factor in the second innings, the Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 81/3 following 7 overs—Initial Strategic Outage

But once more, Trent Boult dismissed the dangerous Abhishek Sharma, and Sunrisers Hyderabad lost their first wicket in the opening over. Rahul Tripathi approached the crease and was hitting his shots with relative ease.

Before Trent Boult removed him and the New Zealand bowler removed Aiden Markram, the right-handed batter hit an explosive 37 off of just 14 deliveries, making things worse for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. After losing wickets quickly, Heinrich Klaasen joined Travis Head at the crease in an attempt to steady the batting.

After 14 overs and a second strategic time out, Sunrisers Hyderabad were 120/6.

The pair appeared poised for a combined score of more than 200, as they excelled at keeping the scoreboard moving. However, Sandeep Sharma’s dismissal of Travis Head dealt them yet another setback. With Klaasen at the crease, the team was hopeful of scoring a high total because he maintained the rhythm of the game.

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But in the thirteenth over, Avesh Khan terminated Nitish Reddy’s meagre knock, so he was unable to generate anything. Abdul Samad stepped to the crease following that dismissal; however, he lost his wicket after facing the first delivery because his stumps rocked.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 20 overs and 183/6

With only bowlers remaining, the Sunrisers Hyderabad acquired their impact player. Heinrich Klaasen was well-supported by Shahbaz Ahmed as he arrived at the crease. In order to secure a respectable total for the team, the South African wicket-keeper hitter was able to reach his fifty-run mark. Nevertheless, their innings was partially stopped when Sandeep Sharma removed Klaasen in the 19th over. Hyderabad eventually managed to score 175/9 in their 20 overs when Avesh Khan removed Shahbaz from the game in the last over.