IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad qualify for playoffs after rain washes out game against Gujarat Titans
Due to the match being called off without a ball being bowled, both SRH and GT now share a point each.
Due to the match being called off without a ball being bowled, both SRH and GT now share a point each.
Head smashed a 16-ball half-century with some astonishing display of cricket.
Both the teams are coming into the match after a win, and as such promises to be an exciting match on the cards.
KKR will be hoping that the return of Gambhir, who led the side to their two titles in 2012 and 2014, will reignite the spirit within the side that finished a lowly seventh on their past two IPL campaigns.
This will be the first time that the Australian pacer will lead a side in the IPL, but his appointment comes after a successful period as captain of Australia, during which he led them to victory in the World Test Championship and the 2023 ODI World Cup, with both wins in the finals coming against India.
Cumulatively, 189 runs have been scored off 78 balls (bowled as part of 20th overs) in eight matches. The other most productive over of an innings is 18th.
David Warner had chosen to bat first after winning the toss, the first captain to do so this year. SRH only managed to score 142 runs.
Shubman Gill and Eoin Morgan helped KKR survive an early wobble in their chase of 143 after SRH dragged themselves to 142/4 wickets in 20 overs.
Mitchell Marsh, whose career has been severely marred by injuries, twisted his ankle when he tried to stop a drive by RCB opener Aaron Finch.
The RCB posted 163/5 in their allotted 20 overs, after the SRH captain David Warner won the toss and opted to bowl at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
