Suhana Khan and Abrahm Khan, children of Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, celebrated the fall of wickets. Starc’s pace and Varun Chakravarty’s spinning helped the Kolkata Knight Riders make Sunrisers Hyderabad go out on 159 in the IPL Qualifier 1 on Tuesday. Mitchell Starc made SRH regret their decision to select batting after winning the toss. Although SRH is quite known for their fearless, high-scoring approach, the batters were left worried by Starc’s sheer pace.
Abhishekh Sharma misjudged the speed of the ball, which didn’t come as fast as he expected, and thus, he mistimed his shot. As a result, the ball was easily caught by Andre Russell. Starc bowled a yorker to Rahul Tripathi, which hit him in front of the stumps. However, the umpire did not throw Tripathi out. Later, it was confirmed that Tripathi should have been out, as the replays showed that the ball would have hit the stumps.
Starc continued to perform really well, despite losing his opportunity with Tripathi. In his third over during the powerplay, he took two wickets in consecutive deliveries, giving his team (KKR) a great advantage. SRH began poorly in their innings, losing several wickets. On the next delivery, after Nitish Reddy edged the ball to the keeper, Mitchell Starc bowled out Shahbaz Ahmed, leaving SRH in trouble.
Need a purple wave on May 26! Come on KKR fam! 💜💜 pic.twitter.com/gLVsgso4Ib
— Gautam Gambhir (Modi Ka Parivar) (@GautamGambhir) May 21, 2024
These fall of wickets were celebrated by King Khan’s children, Suhana and Abraham Khan, and along with them, KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir also celebrated wildly. SRH was all out for 159 runs. The score summary highlights the main contributors, with Rahul Tripathi (55 runs) and Heinrich Klaasen (32 runs) for SRH and Mitchell Starc (3 wickets for 34 runs) as noteworthy bowlers for KKR.
Birthday made more ‘suhana’ with that special win by our Knights! 💜
Have a great day, Suhana Khan! 🎂 pic.twitter.com/84jPgtTeEL
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 22, 2024
Starc’s and Chakravarthy’s strong bowling performances and effective fielding led to the victory for KKR.
