IPL-17 Qualifier 1: Sunrisers Hyderabad win toss; elect to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders

Indian Premier League 2024 Qualifier 1: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on May 21, 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad kicked off their IPL campaign against each other in a high-scoring thriller in which the former prevailed by four runs. The match was a sneak peek into the game style the two outfits would employ this season, prioritising a no-holds-barred approach to batting.

Nearly two months after that game, KKR and SRH — who finished first and second in the group stages, respectively — will square off again in Qualifier-1 of the IPL Playoffs at the Narendra Modi Stadium on May 21.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first during the Indian Prmier League 2024 qualifier 1 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad on May 21.

After winning the toss, Pat Cummins said “We haven’t played a final for a couple of years, so the players are really excited. we have pretty much same XI in the last game”

Shreyas Iyer said, “I would loved to bowl first. It is a mixed soil surfce so let us see how it play. we are going with the same team.”

Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Shreyas Iyer (capt), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy. Impact Players: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford