Tonight, Qualifiers 2 is going on between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders at the famous Eden Gardens of Kolkata. The match is very crucial for both the teams, as the winning team will have to face Chennai Super Kings in the finale of the season.
Before the match started, Sunrisers were invited to bat first as the toss was won by Dinesh Karthik, who chose to bowl first. The first innings were started well by Wriddhiman Saha, who scored 35 runs in 27 balls and Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 34 runs in 24 balls.
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The skipper of the team, Dinesh Karthik was sent back to pavilion after facing a few balls after he was run-out by Dinesh Karthik. Deepak Hooda (19), Shakib Al Hasan (28), made handy contributions.
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But the star of the first innings was Rashid Khan, the ace spinner of Kolkata Knight Riders who stunned everyone with his destructive batting skills, he smashed the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders to all the corners of the ground with his bat. What a stunning performance, Rashid Khan gave tonight. He smashed 34 runs in only 10 balls, with the powerful strike rate of 340, Rashid Khan smashed 4 sixes and 2 fours.
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The players of Sunrisers Hyderabad stretched the scores to 174 runs. The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders played gave a brilliant performance but somehow lost their momentum in the last over. Kuldeep Yadav took two big wickets.
Here’s how twitterati reacted to the first innings of the match, have a look:
Is there anything Rashid khan’t do?#SRHvKKR
— Nikhil Naz (@NikhilNaz) May 25, 2018
What a finish Rashid khan ? 34 runs with a strike rate of 340. Kudos champ ?? #SRHvKKR #IPL2018Playoffs #IPL2018 #OrangeArmy #orangevoice
— sugar plum (@sugar_p1um) May 25, 2018
This could well be a game changing innings from Rashid Khan…….
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 25, 2018
What can’t @rashidkhan_19 do?
Bowl
Field
Bat@StarSportsIndia #VIVOIPL
— Trent Woodhill (@TrentWoodhill) May 25, 2018
It ain’t over till it’s over … #GameOn #KKRvSRH @IPL #Qualifier2. What a good finish from @SunRisers @rashidkhan_19
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) May 25, 2018
10 ball 34. Whoa. Is there something this Khan from Kabul can’t do??? Match changing knock….but will it be a match-winning one??? #KKRvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 25, 2018
Kkr was happy till 17-18 but Rashid khan’s little flourish in the end surely gave momentum to #srh. Really good battle in the second half now #KKRvsSRH @IPL
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 25, 2018
Rashid Khan did to KKR what Dinesh Karthik did to Bangladesh in the Nidahas Trophy final #IPL2018
— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) May 25, 2018
Chawla should have completed his quota at the death. Don’t think all pace was the right way to go #SRHvKKR #IPL2018
— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) May 25, 2018
This is exactly why SRH, in one of their previous games, erred in sending Rashid Khan after Bhuvneshwar. What a player #SRHvKKR #IPL2018
— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) May 25, 2018
Rashid Khan’s bat swing while batting is quicker than his arm swing while bowling. #IPL
— cricBC (@cricBC) May 25, 2018
Forget hindsight, was it really viable for Dinesh Karthik to go with Mavi and Prasidh in the last 2 overs – 24 runs in the last over has shifted balance in @SunRisers favour #KKRvsSRH
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 25, 2018
Rashid Khan right now #IPL2018 #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/ADyjitMA45
— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) May 25, 2018
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Rashid khan!! U beautyy!! Wat a suuperb inningss!! The game is on ??? #SRH
— nithiin (@actor_nithiin) May 25, 2018
Is that a game-changing knock by Rashid Khan? Certainly has made KKR dugout uneasy. What appeared an easy chase now not quite so
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 25, 2018
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