Tags: IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai final, May 26, 2024, Kolkata XI, Hyderabad XI
Posted on: May 26, 2024
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Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and they chose to bat first. The Kolkata Knight Riders pacers proved to be too much for the top team Sunrisers Hyderabad, who were eliminated from the IPL 2024 final at 113th place. Mitchell Starc started the proceedings by removing Abhishek Sharma in the first over.
meantime, Vaibhav Arora beat Travis Head. next time. Starc struck again to remove Rahul Tripathi and Harshit Rana batted in the first over to snap Nitish Kumar Reddy. SRH were four wickets down at the halfway point, six down in 12 overs and their batsmen could never stop the slide. The KKR bowlers have found the mantra of bowling on pitches where there is enough help from the pacers even off the surface, where they can catch off-pace balls and where there is enough bounce from the spinners.
. The only way SRH could transfer pressure on their opponents was through a few release shots. Nitish Reddy (13) tried to pick up the pace but was left behind by Harshit Rana’s 146kph screamer. Markram, 20, ducked outside to try to drag Andre Russell out of the park.
Chasing a paltry target of 114 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, KKR reached home in 10.3 overs thanks to Venkatesh Iyer’s 52 runs (26 runs off). KKR never looked back after that. The Shreyas Iyer-led side tightened the noose throughout the innings and eventually bowled the side out for a paltry total in 18.3 overs. KKR beat SRH by 8 wickets.
