Sunrisers Hyderabad's dream run continued in the Indian Premier League 2024 as they beat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs to reach the final of the competition.
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Batting first, SRH managed to put up a total of 175 runs for the loss of 9 wickets riding on Heinrich Klassen's brilliant half-century under pressure.
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The Hyderabad-based franchise then restricted RR to just 139 runs in 20 overs and picked up seven wickets. SRH will meet KKR in the IPL final on Sunday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Kevin Pietersen backs SRH to win the title by beating KKR in the final
Right after the IPL Qualifier 2 concluded in Chennai, former Royal Challengers Bengaluru and England batter Kevin Pietersen took to X to congratulate the Pat Cummins-led side.
He hailed the Orange Army for transforming the approach of batters in T20 cricket and hoped they would go on to win the trophy on May 26.
On X, Pietersen wrote,
Sunrisers have been mightily impressive in this season’s IPL. Just because of the way they transformed the way batters approach a T20 innings now, they deserve a final place. And actually, they deserve to WIN it! Let’s see.
Sunrisers have been mightily impressive in this season’s @IPL.
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) May 24, 2024
Just because of the way they transformed the way batters approach a T20 innings now, they deserve a final place.
And actually, they deserve to WIN it!
Let’s see…….
It has to be noted that earlier in the season, Gautam Gambhir had launched an attack on Pietersen and AB De Villiers for criticising Hardik Pandya's leadership at Mumbai Indians as he claimed that the duo never really achieved anything substantial while they were leading their respective teams.