Updated On: 22 May, 2024 06:02 AM IST | Ahmedabad | Sunil K Vaidya
He had half a chance when Gurbaz first tried to throw the ball at the bowler’s end, but sensed the situation in time to whip off the bails. A dejected Rahul trudged back to the pavilion, slumped, and sat down on the 80-step stairs to the dressing room

Mitchell Starc after claiming the wicket of Shahbaz Ahmed of SRH in Ahmedabad yesterday. Pic/AFP
Kolkata Knight Riders’s all-round bowling armoury was too hot for Sunrisers Hyderabad to handle, but in-form Rahul Tripathi (55, 35 balls, 7x4, 1x6) ensured KKR had a challenging target (160) in Tuesday’s Qualifier 1.
Mitchell Starc (4-0-34-3) triggered the Sunrisers collapse with his second ball in the first over when he bowled Travis Head for his second successive duck. Vaibhav Arora accounted for Abhishek Sharma in the next over. That was like a body blow to SRH aspirations for a quickfire start to their innings like they have been doing in the league phase.