He was brilliant from ball one: Watson hails KKR pacer Starc's performance against SRH
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 22 (ANI): Previous Australia cricketer Shane Watson said the conveyance by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Mitchell Starc which excused Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Travis Head in the Indian Chief Association (IPL) 2024 Qualifier 1 match was 'wonderful'.
Talking on JioCinema, Watson said Travis Head's excusal helped him to remember Starc bowling to Brendon McCullum On the planet Cup 2015. The previous cricketer added Head's excusal was a 'defining moment' in the game.
"It helped me to remember Mitchell Starc bowling to Brendon McCullum in the 2015 World Cup at the MCG, simply fixes all over, getting the critical man out. That is exactly the thing he does. He stands up as needs be and that was a defining moment in the game, realizing how destroying Travis Head has been in this IPL... That was a delightful conveyance."
Recapping the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad chose for bat first. In the wake of being decreased to 39/4 following a unimaginable powerplay spell by Mitchell Starc, a 62-run stand between Rahul Tripathi (55 out of 35 balls, with seven fours and a six) and Heinrich Klaasen (32 out of 21 balls, with three fours and a six) assisted SRH with crossing the 100-run mark. However, wickets continued to succumb to Sunrisers as bowlers had the option to keep up with strain on KKR. A late appearance from captain Mitchell Starc (30 out of 24 balls, with two fours and two sixes) took SRH to a good 159 in 19.3 overs.
Starc was the pick of the bowlers for KKR, with a spell of 3/34 out of four overs, indeed having an effect during the large stages. Varun Chakravarthy additionally got 2/26 out of four overs. Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Vaibhav Arora got a wicket each.
In the run-pursue of 160 runs, a 44-run organization between openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23 out of 14 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Sunil Narine (21 of every 16 balls, with four limits) gave a fine stage to KKR. Going after half-hundreds of years from captain Shreyas Iyer (58* in 24 balls, with five fours and four sixes) and Venkatesh Iyer (51* in 28 balls, with five fours and four sixes) made a joke of SRH's bowling and run-pursue, dominating the match by eight wickets with 38 balls to go.
With this success, KKR has procured an immediate spot in the last, while SRH has another shot at the title conflict and will play in Qualifier two against the victor of the eliminator match between Imperial Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) occurring on Wednesday.