Kavya Maran viral video: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 on Friday (May 24) to enter the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Final, ending a 5-season wait. Last season, the team finished at the bottom of the table, but this season they turned things around under World Cup winner Pat Cummins and are all set to compete against two-time IPL winners KKR in Sunday's blockbuster summit clash in Chennai.
In SRH vs RR IPL 2024 qualifier 2, despite Rajasthan Royals being the favorites after the first innings, Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad secured the win by 36 runs, thanks to remarkable bowling spells by Shahbaz Ahmed, who took 4 wickets for 23 runs, and Abhishek Sharma, who took 4 wickets for 24 runs.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad team owner Kavya Maran's joy was boundless as her team triumphed over Rajasthan. She high-fived everyone around her before running back to hug her father, Kalanidhi Maran.
The last time Hyderabad reached IPL final was in the 2018 season, where they faced defeat. Sunrisers Hyderabad has won the IPL title only once, back in 2016.
Watch below viral video of SRH owner Kavya Maran's celebrations as SRH beat RR to enter IPL 2024 Final
SRH had been underperforming for the past several IPL seasons. In 2021, Hyderabad finished at the bottom of the table with 11 defeats in 14 matches. The following year, in 2022, they finished in 8th place. This was SRH's best performance in the last three IPL seasons. Now, SRH has made a remarkable comeback and reached the finals after a long gap of six years.
Shahbaz Ahmed, who won the Player of the Match award said: "The captain and coach told me depending on the situation we will use you, my role was to bat lower down the order and they said if we collapse we will send you."