Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a dominant eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad to clinch theĀ IPL 2024 title on Sunday, May 26. Shreyas Iyer-led KKR chased down a low-scoring goal towards SRH at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to declare the well-known trophy for the third time of their historical past.
The summit conflict proved as a one-sided affair with oneĀ staff dominating in each division. Pacers Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Andre Russell produced impactful shows to bowl out Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 113 complete, the bottom within the historical past of IPL finals.
Chasing a low-scoring complete, Kolkata misplaced in-form opener Sunil Narine early however Venkatesh Iyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz added 91 runs for the second wicket to file one of many best chases within the finals of the match. Kolkata Knight Riders lifted the well-known trophy after an extended hole of 9 years.Ā
Venkatesh Iyer top-scored with 52* off simply 26 balls with the assistance of 4 fours and three sixes and likewise scored the profitable runs within the eleventh over. Pat Cummins and Shahbaz Ahmed took a wicket every for the shedding aspect however the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan proved pricey within the closing.
Meanwhile, Cummins elected to bat first after profitable the essential toss with each groups fielding the identical enjoying elevens. Sunrisers Hyderabad, with three 250-plus totals this season, struggled towards KKR’s spectacular tempo assault to start with and by no means threatened to make a comeback within the recreation.
Cummins, batting on the no.8,Ā top-scored with 24 runs off 19 balls and struggling Aiden Markram added 20 runs off 23 balls. Russell emerged as the very best bowler with three wickets for 19 whereas Starc and Harshit bagged two every for the profitable aspect.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:Ā Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:Ā Travis Head (substituted by Abdul Samad), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan.Ā
