In the IPL 2024 opener between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, team co-owner Kavya Maran went through a roller-coaster of emotions. The match ended with a thrilling 4-run victory for Knight Riders, despite a close call by Sunrisers’ Heinrich Klaasen. With 13 runs needed in the last over, Klaasen hit a six on the first ball, but the game took a different turn thereafter.
Kavya Maran’s Change Of Emotions In Final Over vs KKR Has gone Viral
SRH’s co-owner, Kavya Maran, a passionate supporter of her team, celebrated enthusiastically when the first ball of the final over went for a six. However, KKR’s Harshit Rana bounced back brilliantly, delivering five consecutive balls to secure the win for his team.
Kavya’s roller-coaster of emotions, from the first to the last ball, became a hot topic among IPL fans on social media. Watch the viral video here:
Day 1 of asking @JioCinema why we can’t have #KavyaMaran on a separate hero cam feed during the live stream on #SRH matchday!? pic.twitter.com/QkzCPdvMkR
— Saurav Shrivastava 🇮🇳 (@SaySaurav) March 23, 2024
Talking about the match, KKR batted first and struggled early on, reaching 51/4 in 7.3 overs. However, Phil Salt’s half-century (54 runs in 40 balls) and quickfire innings from Ramandeep Singh (35 runs in 17 balls) stabilized their innings. They were at 119/6 in 13.5 overs.
Later, a powerful partnership of 67 runs between Andre Russell (64* runs in 25 balls) and Rinku Singh (23 runs in 15 balls) boosted KKR’s total to 208/7 in 20 overs. In response, SRH had a good start with a 60-run opening stand between Mayank Agarwal (32 runs in 21 balls) and Abhishek Sharma (32 runs in 19 balls).
The team stumbled and found themselves at 145/5 in 16.5 overs. But then, Heinrich Klaasen (63 runs in 29 balls with eight sixes) and Shahbaz Ahmed (16 runs in five balls, with a four and two sixes) launched a fierce attack with several sixes. With 13 runs needed in the final over, Harshit Rana (3/33) remained composed, taking two wickets and preventing further runs.
