According to a Hindustan Times story, Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to postpone their practice session until Saturday in anticipation of their IPL 2024 final encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders. In Qualifier 2, SRH easily defeated Rajasthan Royals to secure their spot in Sunday’s summit matchup against KKR at Chepauk Stadium.
After playing their final game on Friday, SRH decided to take a day off, and they will play right away in the summit match. Given the extreme heat in Chennai right now and humidity, the choice was made to maintain the athletes’ fitness.
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‘On the other hand, the Shreyas Iyer-led team had a lengthy vacation before to the final after KKR’s most recent game on Tuesday, when they overcame Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1. It is anticipated that KKR would hold another net session on Saturday between 6 PM and 9 PM IST, following their practice session on Friday.’
Rain forced the cancellation of KKR’s past two league games against the Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals, and their practice sessions may have been influenced by the team’s inability to prepare in a game setting.
Pat Cummins, meanwhile, talked candidly about SRH’s significant victory over RR in IPL 2024 Qualifier 2.
‘This season, the boys have been outstanding. The squad is in a wonderful mood. as you can see, and we succeeded in reaching the season’s objective, which was the final. We understood that our batting was our strongest suit, and we wouldn’t undervalue the experience in this group.
Having Bhuvi, Nattu, and Unadkat in the lineup is a dream come true and makes my work much easier. [On whose judgment Shahbaz’s inclusion as an impact player was made] Cummins stated, ‘Dan Vettori was left-arm orthodox and wanted as many left-arm orthodox as feasible.
‘Abhishek bowled beautifully, and those two won it with their bowling in the middle overs. That was a surprise. They tried to stick one out of him with a couple of right-handers’ 170 was a difficult target to chase, and if we had taken a few wickets, we understood we were given an opportunity.
I promise never to pretend to figure out the pitch and conditions, which change every week. It is for the entire franchise, he continued, adding that there should be one more person remaining out of the 60 or 70 who gave it their all.
