Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Riding on the combination of Mitchell Starc's red-ho chilling spell, fighting fifties from Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their first win in the summit clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. Confirmed the place. Defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 8 wickets in a one-sided Qualifier 1 match at Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. The twilight of Ahmedabad witnessed a tremendous match as the big hitters thrashed some of the best bowling line-ups throughout the season, but failing on the Ahmedabad surface, Hyderabad failed to take the lead and registered a modest loss against Kolkata. Compromised with the score. KKR is set to play its fourth final in IPL history after making it to 2012, 2014, 2021 and 2024. The run chase ended with 38 balls remaining thanks to unbeaten half-centuries from two Iyer's (Shreyas and Venkatesh).Excellent partnership for the third wicket. KKR have confirmed their place in the IPL 2024 final, while SRH will get another chance in Qualifier 2. Chasing the target of 160, opener Sunil Narine put up another dreadful display with the KKR batting as he along with Rahmanullah Gurbaz troubled the SRH bowlers early in the innings. T Natarajan gave a big success to his team by dismissing Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the fourth over. After giving instructions to SRH's experienced bowlers, Gurbaz returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs from 14. SRH skipper Pat Cummins' plan to have three fielders in the deep on the leg side bore fruit as he dismissed the well-set batsman Narine for 21.After the departure of the openers, Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer left the SR bowling attack helpless and unaware, with Venkatesh then hitting a half-century in 28 balls. Iyer single-handedly dismissed Travis Head for 6,4,6,6 runs and took his team to the final of IPL 2024. Earlier, Varun Chakravarthy's cleverness with Mitchell Starc's pace and spin helped KKR bowl out SRH for 159 runs. Starc regretted his decision to bat after Sunrisers won the toss. SRH is known for its fearless high-scoring approach in the first six overs, but Starc's blistering pace in the powerplay left Hyderabad batsmen reeling.On the second ball of the first over, Starc, with some late outward movement, dismissed Travis Head for a two-ball duck and drew first blood. In the next over, both the openers were back in the dugout. Vaibhav Aroor took Abhishek Sharma by surprise as the ball did not come as fast as the youngster had expected. Abhishek (3) missed his shot and the ball went into the safe hands of Andre Russell. Starc, using his blistering pace, trapped Rahul Tripathi in front of the stumps with a sharp yorker. Despite the appeal, the umpire did not raise his finger. KKR decided not to review the decision and replays after the incident were confirmed to have nicked the stumps.Even after facing setbacks, there was no stopping Starc from taking wickets, in his third over in the powerplay, he took back-to-back wickets to put KKR completely in the driver's seat. Nitish Reddy (9) tried to make space for himself in the fifth over. But in the end he pulled a thick outside edge which went straight into the funnel behind the stumps. On the next ball, Starc uprooted Shahbaz Ahmed's middle stump, putting SR in trouble. SRH ended the powerplay with a score of 45/4, which is their third lowest powerplay score for SRH this season. From that point on, Tripathi and Heinrich Klaasen stitched a 62-run partnership off 37 balls to establish control.Tripathi lifted his bat and hit a four for his 12th IPL half-century after the reverse sweep. But Klassen's Achilles' heel came back to bite him. His struggles against the spinners were once again on display. Varun Chakravarthy was tempted to slog the power hit, but Klaasen did not find the ideal connection, he tried to clear the boundary but Rinku Singh at D midwicket made no mistake. Klaasen walked back with a score of 32(21).Abdul Samad played a brilliant innings on his very first ball and made his intentions clear to the KKR bowlers. Samad once again dismissed Sunil Narine on the first ball after the timeout. Well-set Tripathi (55) was run out on the next ball. Sama cut the ball and continued running while Tripathi stood and watched the ball. By the time he realized the situation, Russell had sent the ball to Gurba, who comfortably cleared the bails off the stump. In a moment of desperation, SRH brought in Sanvir Singh as an impeachable substitute.Narine ruined SRH's plans as Sanvir tried to deflect the ball taking turn. The ball hit his pad and hit the stumps. SRH's Impact all went back for a golden duck. With five overs left, the responsibility of taking SRH to a competitive total fell on the shoulders of Abdul Samad. However, Harshit Rana's slower ball troubled Sama and his stay at the crease ended at 16(12).Chakraborty dismissed Bhuvneshwar Kumar in four balls with a fast spinning delivery. Captain Pat Cummins took KKR back into the fight with an innings of 30(24). But he became Russell's victim in the last over and SRH was out for 159 runs.Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 159 (Rahul Tripathi 55, Heinrich Klaasen 32 Mitchell Starc 3-34) vs Kolkata Knight Riders 164/2 (Venkatesh Iyer 51*, Shreya Iyer 58*; T Natarajan 1-22).