Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Qualifier 1 - Live Cricket Score

"We know how important the powerplay is. These were the two sides who have dominated in the powerplay. We needed to pick early wickets. The way Head and Abhishek have been playing, they like width and free their arms. The spinners were effective and the whole bowling department was bang on. Got lucky I guess (Head) was nice to see his back early, not always the case. They are exciting to watch and are talented, they are skillful. It's good to see how they hard they train. Harshit has been phenomenal," Starc said.

"Elated by the performance, the responsibility was important, we stood for each other, extremely happy with the performances. The rejuvenation was important for us. When you travel so much. It's important to stay in the present. Today was the day we had to maximise, we did it and that's what we thrive on. I think the way every bowler stood up to this occasion, the way they came in and took wickets, that was imperative. The attitude and approach of all bowlers was to take wickets and they did. When you have a variety in the bowling line-up, it's mesmerising. They have been true in terms of their work ethics, hopefully we keep performing. It was Gurbaz's first game and he gave an impactful start. We had to make sure we carry forward the same run rate. I don't know tamil, I understand. Venky speaks in tamil, I reply in hindi. We need to be in our zone in the final," Iyer said.

"Yeah we will try to put this behind quickly, good thing we will have a crack at it (second qualifier). You have those days in T20 cricket where things doesn't quite work out. We weren't where we wanted with the bat and obviously couldn't do much with the ball. Felt that extra batting was important (picking the impact sub) on this wicket. Thought KKR bowled really well, there was a little bit in it early on and the surface got better. We all have played enough cricket, and going to a new venue (Chennai) helps us as well, so we gotta keep this behind and move on," Cummins said.

Incredible performance from KKR. The skipper and Venkatesh Iyer were incredible with the bat as KKR won the match by eight wickets. They move to the finals of IPL 2024.

4,4,6 - Shreyas Iyer vs Travis Head. Incredible batting from the KKR skipper. He brought up his half-century in 23 balls.

Half-century for Venkatesh Iyer. He reached the milestone in 28 balls. KKR are cruising. KKR are 142/2 after 13 overs.

KKR are 129/2 after 12 overs. 32 runs are needed to win in eight overs.

The runs are flowing for KKR. 12 runs off the over as they are 119/2 after 11 overs.

Venkatesh Iyer finished the over with a six. 11 runs were scored in the over as KKR are 107/2 after 10 overs. 59 runs are needed to win now.

Cummins gave away 11 runs this time. KKR are 95/2 after nine overs.

Viyaskanth gave away 11 runs in his first over. KKR are 85/2 after eight overs.

KKR are 74/2 after seven overs. 86 runs are now needed to win in 13 overs.

Sunil Narine departed after scoring 21 runs off 16 balls. He wasn't at his best tonight. Cummins picked up the right as KKR are 67/2

Brilliant over from Natarajan. Six runs off the over as KKR are 63/1 after the powerplay.

KKR are 57/1 after five overs.