TATA IPL 2024 Final: KKR vs SRH - Kolkata emerge as champions for third time after a decade

Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the summit clash at the MA Chidambaram  Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. 

Match Summary

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Final

Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 (10.3 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad 113/10 (18.3 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets

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Match Analysis

This was Kolkata’s  third title in the league. Opting to bat, Hyderabad got all out for 113, in response, Kolkata chased the target inside 11 overs.  

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a torrid outing with the bat. Abhishek Sharma was the first wicket to perish as Mitchell Starc is yet to wreak havoc with the ball with the new ball. Starc also removed Rahul Tripathi and Vaibhav Arora sent Travis Head packing for a golden duck as Hyderabad lost three wickets inside the powerplay. After that Kolkata bowlers cashed and picked wickets in quick succession. 

Aiden Markram (20:23b, 3x4) tried to up the ante but couldn’t. In the end, skipper Pat Cummins (24:19b, 2x4, 1x6) came up with a fighting knock as Hyderabad ended the innings on 113.

For Kolkata, Andre Russell was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of three for 19. Apart from him, Mitchell Starc and Harshit Rana chipped in with two wickets each. Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarty and Sunil Narine claimed one wicket. 

In the chase, Kolkata lost Sunil Narine lost his wicket early as he got out after six. But after that, Venkatesh Iyer came out all guns blazing and carried his good form.

He continued from where he left off in the Qualifier 1 and slammed a vital half-century. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39:32b, 5x4, 2x6) supported him well as the duo added 91 runs for the second wicket to take the team close to the target.

In the end, it was Shreyas Iyer, who played a crucial hand, and took his team to the third title win in the league. 

Match Stats

Sunrisers Hyderabad Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Abhishek Sharma - 0.5 ov), 2-6 (Travis Head - 1.6 ov), 3-21 (Rahul Tripathi - 4.2 ov), 4-47 (Nitish Kumar Reddy - 6.6 ov), 5-62 (Aiden Markram - 10.2 ov), 6-71 (Shahbaz Ahmed - 11.5 ov), 7-77 (Abdul Samad - 12.4 ov), 8-90 (Heinrich Klaasen - 14.1 ov), 9-113 (Jaydev Unadkat - 17.5 ov), 10-113 (Pat Cummins - 18.3 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sunil Narine - 1.2 ov), 2-102 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 8.5 ov)

Mitchell Starc Kolkata Knight Riders

Simon Helmot Sunrisers Hyderabad Assistant Coach

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Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders 

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK)
• Sunil Narine
• Venkatesh Iyer
• Shreyas Iyer(C)
• Rinku Singh
• Andre Russell
• Ramandeep Singh
• Mitchell Starc
• Vaibhav Arora
• Harshit Rana
• Varun Chakravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad 

• Travis Head
• Abhishek Sharma
• Rahul Tripathi
• Aiden Markram
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Heinrich Klaasen(WK)
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Pat Cummins(C)
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Jaydev Unadkat
• T Natarajan

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, May 26, 2024 15:00

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat