Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are going to play a match tomorrow 21st May at 7.30 PM at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. And according to tomorrow’s forecast, there is a chance of rain tomorrow. If that happens, Kolkata Knight Riders can go to the Playoff final.
So far, Kolkata Knight Riders are number 1 in the IPL 2024 points table, they have played so far 14 matches, winning 9 matches, losing 2 matches and 2 matches were interrupted due to rain, they have 20 points now. They have played very well this year this season. Their batting, bowling and fielding performed well in all categories. In batting, the opening pair of Salt and Narine gave a great start to every match, then Venkatesh Iyer gave good support to the top order and stylish captain Shreyas Iyer gave a worthy contribution to the team. Finally, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell gave a good finish. KKR got extra in this playoff, Nitish Rana joined the team and played one match last match with Mumbai, played great innings and is in good form. In bowling, Varun Chakravarthy is in the list of highest wicket tracker, still playing great with 18 wickets until now, along with Russell and Both Narine took 15 wickets each. Also, Harshit Rana took 16 wickets. Narine still scored 461 runs, Salt scored 435 runs, Venkatesh Iyer scored 267 runs for the team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad started the IPL this year very well but then due to some small mistakes they could not go to direct playoffs, the rest of the team was waiting for the win. Then they managed to grab the number 2 until the end. The last match was a do-or-die match for them to go to the number 2 Punjab Kings. Hyderabad gave away the target of 214 runs made by Punjab Kings. They took that run in 19.1 overs, and won the match by 4 wickets. They had an extra gain at night match when the result of Kolkata vs Rajasthan match was divided by 1 point due to rain interruption. So the Rajasthan Royals can’t rise anymore. Until now, SRH played great in batting and bowling. Their opening pair Travis Head scored 533 runs for the team, Abhishek Sharma also scored 467. They are playing a devastating game. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 276 runs with him. And In bowling, Natarajan is on the top wicket tracker list with 17 wickets, Pat Cummins took 15 wickets, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 11 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders still have the best run rate in their possession, which is still the best in IPL history. If it rains, KKR will go directly to the final. If it rains tomorrow, the umpire will decide to play the match in 20 overs; otherwise it is possible. If not, the match will be decided in 5 overs. And if that is not possible, another day is kept in reserve, but there is a forecast of rain. If not on that day, Kolkata will not play a match in 2024 as they are ranked No. 1 with 20 points and the best run rate. In the IPL final. Which will give them additional opportunities. But KKR has done very well in both the batting and bowling departments, rain or shine will not hurt them. The teams have faced each other this season and given a good game, a good, hard fought match.
A reserve day has been kept for each of the 4 matches of the playoff to prevent rain disruption, which is unprecedented in IPL history. We will be gifted with good matches.