KKR vs SRH, IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: Starc clean bowls Head as Sunrisers Hyderabad make horror start

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Mitchell Starc stunned Sunrisers Hyderabad in the powerplay of the IPL 2024 Qualifier 1 on Tuesday with a three-wicket spell. He started by taking a wicket on the second ball of the match and removing the dangerous Travis Head. After SRH won the toss and opted to bat, the decision came back to bite them as Strac clean bowled Australian opener Head with a fuller ball that moved just a bit away from the batter.

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While Head was out for 0 from 2 balls, his partner Abhishek Sharma fell in the next over on 3 from four balls. He got out trying to force a length ball through covers as Andre Russell took the catch off Vaibhav Arora.

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The early dismissals came as a big blow for SRH who are aiming to reach their first IPL final since 2016 when they went on to win the title.

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With 533 and 467 runs to their names respectively, Head and Sharma have been SRH’s top run-getters in IPL 2024.

This, however, wasn’t the end of Starc’s carnage in the powerplay as he also dismissed Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed on back-to-back balls in the fifth over. While Reddy was caught behind by Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ahmed got bowled after a thick inside edge.

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Starc’s blistering spell helped KKR reduce SRH to 39/4 in five overs before Rahul Tripathi and Heinrich Klaasen took over the rebuilding job and Starc was removed from the attack.