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The SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are all set to clash in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2024 on Tuesday (May 21). The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the high-octane contest. The two teams have performed consistently in the league phase of the tournament and earned the right to play in Qualifier 1.
The loser of the match will also get another opportunity to play in Qualifier 2 against the winner of the eliminator clash between the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
The two teams met once this season in their first league match of IPL 2024 on March 23. KKR prevailed in a high-scoring thriller by beating the Hyderabad side narrowly by four runs at Eden Gardens.
The Knight Riders batted first and notched up a daunting total of 208/7 on the back of aggressive half-centuries from Andre Russell and Phil Salt. Heinrich Klaasen played a blistering knock of 63 (29) and brought his side closer to the target but failed to finish the job in the final over.
Fans eagerly await the upcoming match between the first playoff match of IPL 2024 between SRH and KKR. They expressed their anticipation by sharing hilarious memes on social media.
Here is a collection of the best memes:
Aakash Chopra highlights issues in the KKR side ahead of Qualifier 1 clash of IPL 2024 vs SRH
Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra previewed tonight's IPL 2024 match in a video that was shares on his YouTube channel. He pointed out that KKR might have to cope with the absence of their star opener, Phil Salt, who gave them electric starts this season, forming a potent partnership with Sunil Narine. He will miss the remaining games due to national duty with England.
On the matter, Aakash Chopra said:
"There could be one problem for sure. This season, Phil Salt had a massive contribution in this team's success. The starts he used to give with Sunil Narine suddenly put the opposing team on the back foot and they used to find it very difficult to emerge from that many times. However, Phil Salt isn't there now. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is there in place of him. The thing that goes in Gurbaz's favor is that he used to be a part of the Gujarat Titans at one point."
Chopra continued:
"The second problem is that Shreyas Iyer hasn't scored that many runs this year. He has played a slightly anchor-type role whereas all players around him come like rocket launchers. He even said that he has an anchor's role this time. So he is anchoring but the season hasn't been the way you expect it to be."
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