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The 2nd Qualifier match of IPL 2024 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings:
Two aggressive openers – Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma came to open for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Although Abhishek Sharma hit one six and one four in the first over of the powerplay, Trent Boult dismissed him in the last ball of the first over. He scored 12 runs in 5 balls. After that, Rahul Tripathi came to bat. Rahul Tripathi was very aggressive from the start of his innings. Trent Boult dismissed him in the fifth over. Rahul Tripathi got out while hitting Trent Boult’s great slower ball at third man and Yuzvendra Chahal took the catch. Rahul Tripathi scored 37 runs off 15 balls and he hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. Trent Boult dismissed Aiden Markram with the last ball of this over. Yuzvendra Chahal again took the catch. Heinrich Klaasen came to bat after that. He played very well in this match. In the powerplay, Trent Boult took 3 wickets and conceded 32 runs in 3 overs. At the end of the first 6 overs of the powerplay, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 68 runs for 3 wickets.
Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen then put on a partnership of 42 runs. When this partnership became dangerous for Rajasthan Royals, Sandeep Sharma dismissed Travis Head in the tenth over. Travis Head played well. He scored 34 runs off 28 balls he hit 3 fours and 1 six. At the end of 10 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 99 runs for 4 wickets.
After that, young talent Nitish Reddy came to bat, but he could not score many runs. He scored 5 runs. He was dismissed by Avesh Khan in the 14th over. Yuzvendra Chahal took the catch. This was his third catch of the match. Avesh Khan took another wicket in this over. Abdul Samad was bowled out by Avesh Khan. Heinrich Klaasen was batting well this time. At the end of 15 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 132 runs for 6 wickets.
After that, Heinrich Klaasen and Shahbaz Ahmed made a partnership of 43 runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored a fifty in 33 balls in the 18th over. But he got out soon after. He was bowled out by Sandeep Sharma on the first ball of the 19th over. Heinrich Klaasen scored 50 runs off 34 balls with 4 sixes. Avesh Khan took one wicket in the 20th over, he dismissed Shahbaz Ahmed in the third ball of this over. Shahbaz Ahmed scored 18 runs. He hit 1 six. Dhruv Jurel took a good catch. Jaydev Unadkat was run out on the last ball of this over. Pat Cummins remained unbeaten on 5 runs. At the end of 20 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 175 runs for 9 wickets.
Among Rajasthan Royals bowlers, Trent Boult and Avesh Khan took 3 wickets, and Sandeep Sharma took 2 wickets.
Rajasthan Royals Innings:
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tom Kohler-Cadmore came to open for Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals could not score many runs in the early overs of the powerplay. Tom Kohler-Cadmore was dismissed in the last ball of the fourth over. He was dismissed by Pat Cummins. Rahul Tripathi took a good catch. After that, Sanju Samson came to bat. Yashasvi Jaiswal took 19 runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the last over of the powerplay. At the end of 6 overs of powerplay, Rajasthan Royals scored 51 runs for 1 wicket.
After that, Yashasvi Jaiswal got out in the eighth over. He was dismissed by Shahbaz Ahmed. Abdul Samad took the catch. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 42 runs off 21 balls, hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. Sanju Samson got out in the ninth over. He scored 10 runs. He was dismissed by Abhishek Sharma and caught by Aiden Markram. Dhruv Jurel came to bat after that. He played great in this match. At the end of 10 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 73 runs for 3 wickets.
Riyan Parag has played well for Rajasthan Royals this season but he was dismissed by Shahbaz Ahmed in the 12th over for 6 runs. Abhishek Sharma took the catch. Shahbaz Ahmed took another wicket in this over. Ashwin got out in the last ball of this over without any runs and he was caught by Klaasen. Shimron Hetmyer came to bat after that. But he did not stay on the wicket for long, he was bowled out by Abhishek Sharma in the 14th over. Dhruv Jurel played well during this time. At the end of 15 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 102 runs for 6 wickets.
T Natarajan dismissed Rovman Powell in the 18th over. He scored 6 runs. Abhishek Sharma took a good catch. Dhruv Jurel was batting very aggressively even though the wicket fell from one end. Dhruv Jurel hit a boundary to score a fifty off just 26 balls in the 19th over. He scored an unbeaten 56 off 35 balls in this match. He hit 7 fours and 2 sixes. At the end of 20 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 139 runs for 7 wickets.
Among Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowlers, Shahbaz Ahmed took three wickets, Abhishek Sharma took two wickets, and T Natarajan and Pat Cummins took one wicket each.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won this match by 36 runs. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the Qualifier 2 match and moved to the final.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings (175/9 in 20 overs) | Rajasthan Royals Bowling |
| Heinrich Klaasen 50 (34) | Avesh Khan 27/3 (4 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 37 (15) | Trent Boult 45/3 (4 overs) |
| Travis Head 34 (28) | Sandeep Sharma 25/2 (4 overs) |
| Rajasthan Royals Innings (139/7 in 20 overs) | Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling |
| Dhruv Jurel 56* (35) | Shahbaz Ahmed 23/3 (4 overs) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 42 (21) | Abhishek Sharma 24/2 (4 overs) |
| T Natarajan 13/1 (3 overs) |
Result:
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match by 36 runs.
Player Of The Match:
Player of the match was Shahbaz Ahmed, he scored 18 runs and took 3 wickets.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.