Cummins equals Kumble, Sunrisers reach final for the third time

In Qualifier-2 of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs. With this victory, Hyderabad team has reached the final for the third time. The team has previously reached the finals in 2016 and 2018. In 2016, the Sunrisers team led by David Warner won the title. At the same time, in 2018, SRH team lost against Chennai Super Kings. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders team has reached the final for the fourth time. The title match will be played between Sunrisers and Kolkata on Sunday. Chennai Super Kings holds the record for reaching the finals the most number of times. CSK team has reached the finals 10 times. A total of eight matches have been played so far in the IPL at the Chepauk ground in Chennai. Out of these, the teams batting first have won six times.

This is the sixth defeat for Rajasthan in the IPL playoffs. He has played a total of 11 matches in the playoffs so far. Sunrisers captain Pat Cummins has reached second place along with Anil Kumble in the list of captains taking most wickets in a single IPL season. Kumble took 17 wickets while captaining RCB in 2010. At the same time, SRH captain Cummins has taken 17 wickets so far this season. As soon as he takes two wickets in the final, he will equal Shane Warne who is at the top of this list. Warne took 19 wickets while captaining Rajasthan in 2008.