Heinrich Klaasen made a 34-ball half-century as Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to the Indian Premier League final with a comfortable 36-run win over Rajasthan Royals.
South African Klassen hit four sixes as he helped the Sunrisers post a score of 175-9 after Travis Head (34) and Rahul Tripathi (37 ) got them off to a good start.
Shahbaz Ahmed then did damage for the Sunrisers with the ball finishing with an impressive 3-23.< /p>
Dhruv Jurel hit 56 off 35 balls in vain for the Royals, who never got into the chase on a difficult pitch and fell short.
Sunrisers will play Kolkata Knight Riders in Sunday's final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Knight Riders are two-time winners (2012 and 2014) while the Sunrisers have won the title only once. once - in 2016.
The Royals had looked into the competition midway through Qualifier 2 after a late burst from Avesh Khan (3- 27) blocked the Sunrisers' innings.
New Zealander Trent Boult (3-45) had already taken three key wickets, including Aiden Markram on one point.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">However, the match swung in favor of the Sunrisers after...
Heinrich Klaasen made a 34-ball half-century as Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to the Indian Premier League final with a comfortable 36-run win over Rajasthan Royals.
South African Klassen hit four sixes as he helped the Sunrisers post a score of 175-9 after Travis Head (34) and Rahul Tripathi (37 ) got them off to a good start.
Shahbaz Ahmed then did damage for the Sunrisers with the ball finishing with an impressive 3-23.< /p>
Dhruv Jurel hit 56 off 35 balls in vain for the Royals, who never got into the chase on a difficult pitch and fell short.
Sunrisers will play Kolkata Knight Riders in Sunday's final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Knight Riders are two-time winners (2012 and 2014) while the Sunrisers have won the title only once. once - in 2016.
The Royals had looked into the competition midway through Qualifier 2 after a late burst from Avesh Khan (3- 27) blocked the Sunrisers' innings.
New Zealander Trent Boult (3-45) had already taken three key wickets, including Aiden Markram on one point.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">However, the match swung in favor of the Sunrisers after...
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