SRH owner Kavya Maran’s dramatic mood change in final against KKR, video goes viral | Cricket News

Back in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their first match of the 2024 season and in the opener on Saturday, team owner Kavya Malan (Kavya Maran) has been on a roller coaster of emotions. The thrilling match saw the Knight Riders beat the Sunrisers by 4 runs, but not before wicket-keeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen nearly conceded a penalty for the South side A heroic victory was won. Needing 13 runs in the final over, Klassen scored 6 off the first ball, but everything changed after that.

Kavya Maran, co-owner of SRH, who always comes out to support her team, jumped with joy when she saw a six on the first ball of the final. However, KKR’s Harshit Rana produced a stunning comeback in the remaining 5 balls to seal the victory for his team.

The emotions Kavya went through from the first ball to the last ball became one of the most talked about topics among IPL fans on social media.

first day of inquiry @JioCinema why can’t we have #kavyamaran Stream on a separate hero camera during live broadcast #SRH Game day! ? pic.twitter.com/QkzCPdvMkR

— Saurav Shrivastava (@SaySaurav) March 23, 2024

Kavya Maran’s reaction after 19.1 and 19.5 in tonight’s match. pic.twitter.com/2YXVJgP7nZ

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 23, 2024

Looking back at the match, SRH batted first and KKR were reduced to 51/4 in 7.3 overs. However, Phil Salt’s half-century (54 off 40 balls with three fours and three sixes) and Ramandeep Singh’s explosive knock (35 off 17 balls, four and four sixes) maintained the team’s run rate well, but they still struggled at 119/6 in 13.5 overs.

Next up, Andre Russell (64 off 25 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes) and Rinku Singh (23 off 15 balls with 3 fours) )’s explosive 67-run partnership took KKR to 208/7 in 20 overs. Chasing 209 runs, SRH got off to a good start with Mayank Agarwal (32 off 21 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) and Abhishek Sharma (32 off 19 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) A good start.

The team lost its way and were soon at 145/5 in 16.5 overs. However, Heinrich Klaasen (63 off 29 balls, including 8 sixes) and Shahbaz Ahmed (16 off 5 balls, including 4 sixes and 2 sixes) failed to hit a string of sixes towards the end. 13 runs were needed in the final over, but Harshit Rana (3/33) controlled his nerves, took two wickets and defended the remaining runs.

With ANI input