Sunrisers Hyderabad secured a spot in the IPL final with a 36-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 on Friday. SRH will now face Kolkata Knight Riders in the final on Sunday.
After being sent in to bat, SRH scored 175 for nine, powered by Heinrich Klaasen’s 34-ball 50 and valuable contributions from Travis Head (34) and Rahul Tripathi (37). In response, RR could only muster 139 for 7 in their 20 overs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal (42) and Dhruv Jurel (56 not out) leading the effort.
Earlier, the pace duo of Trent Boult (3/45) and Avesh Khan (3/27) took three wickets each, while Sandeep Sharma (2/25) claimed two wickets after RR won the toss and opted to bowl.
For SRH, Shahbaz Ahmed (3/23) and Abhishek Sharma (2/24) shared five wickets, while Pat Cummins (1/30) and T Natarajan (1/13) chipped in with one wicket each.