Kaviya Maran HEARTBROKEN After SRH Lose Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma in Quick Succession vs KKR in IPL 2024 Qualifier 1; PICS go VIRAL!
Ahmedabad: It is no secret that Kaviya Maran is a die-hard Sunrisers Hyderabad supporter and she has been doing it for years. At times, it seems the Sunrisers franchise means more to her than just business. Tuesday was no different as fans got to see Kaviya heartbroken after Sunrisers lost both their in-form openers – Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma – early against the Knight Riders in the IPL 2024 Qualifier 1 at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. Head was cleaned up by a pacey delivery from Mitchell Starc, while Abhishek departed while trying to go aerial. Abhishek was caught at point.
Here is Kaviya’s expression when SRH lose their openers:
KAVYA MARAN IS SO HAPPY AFTER 2 WICKETS #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/Uvnhwskkvu
— Ujjawal Bhai (@sonuujjawal26) May 21, 2024
#AmiKKR sending bad vibes to Kavya Maran. Abhishek Sharma out on just 3 runs.
Feeling bad to see her upset. #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/zslJyQnT1v
— Mufa Kohli (@MufaKohli) May 21, 2024
The winner of the encounter will directly qualify for the title clash while the loser will get another chance to play the final. SRH are playing with the same team in the high-pressure game.
“We gonna have a bat, looks like a good wicket, and expect a high-scoring game. The batting group has been amazing for us and hopefully more of the same tonight. We are playing pretty much the same eleven as the last game,” Cummins said at the toss.
On the other hand, KKR have replaced Phil Salt with Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer said, “I would have loved to bowl. I had a chat with the curator, and he said it’s a mixed soil, let’s see how it plays, hoping for a good game. Important that we keep the momentum going and stay in the present. Great achievement (finishing at the top of the table) and everyone is proud of it, we are taking one match at a time, and we need to be positive about what’s going to happen here. We are going with the same team.”
Playing XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Impact Substitutes: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T. Natarajan.
Impact Substitutes: Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat.