KKR's brilliant road to the IPL finals: Happy pics from Narendra Modi Stadium
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Knights cruise to the final
With an eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1 in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, the two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders cruised into the IPL final as Mitchell Starc powered through. To break the back SRH's potent batting, Starc produced an incredible opening burst of three wickets in the powerplay.
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Gurbaz shines
In his first game this season, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23) played his role to perfection with two crucial grabs behind the wicket and a quickfire 14-ball 23 at the top laced with two sixes and as many fours. Chasing a below-par target, KKR raised their fifty in no time.
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Iyers make it
Sunil Narine (21) perished shortly after the powerplay which brought the pair of Shreyas and Venkatesh together. They put on 97 runs for the third wicket to complete a comprehensive victory.
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A sweet partnership
If Shreyas was happy to tinker with the ball and stash the occasional ball for boundaries, Venkatesh outscored his captain with a quick half-century that came off just 28 balls. But with a flurry of boundaries to close out the game, Shreyas passed his younger partner. On 51 off 28 balls, Venkatesh, for his part, remained unbeaten with five fours and four sixes.
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Star(c) power
Australian speedster Starc reaped benefits of utilising his core skill of bowling quick and swinging the ball. He rattled the stumps of SRH marauder Head on the second ball of the contest to set the tone in KKR's favour. Starc also bounced out Nitish Reddy (9) and had Shahbaz Ahmed (0) chop one onto his wickets to put KKR in firm control inside the powerplay.
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Shah Rukh Khan's super happy
KKR's brilliant win in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2024 left every fan of the "team in purple" extremely happy. Like others, co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan could not resist jumping for joy as he witnessed his team entering the finals live from the stands.
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Cheers for the team
The King Khan was accompanied by his daughter Suhana Khan, younger son AbRam, manager Pooja Dadlani. Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta, KKR's co-owners, and Suhana's close friends Ananya Panday, Shanaya Kapoor, Navya Nanda and Agastya Nanda were also present in the stadium last evening, cheering for KKR.
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KKR's way to Chepauk
With this win, KKR has earned a direct spot in the final, while SRH has one more shot at the title clash and will play in Qualifier two against the winner of the eliminator match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) taking place on Wednesday.