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KKR vs SRH IPL Final Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to clinch third title
Kolkata, who topped the group stage of the 10-team league, had beaten Hyderabad in the first qualifier on Tuesday and were even more dominant in the summit clash, which lasted 29 overs.
Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins was left to rue his decision to bat first as his side got skittled out for 113 runs in 18.3 overs.
Player-of-the-match Mitchell Starc produced a double strike while his new ball partner Vaibhav Arora dismissed the dangerous Travis Head for a first ball duck to rattle Hyderabad.
Kolkata's talismanic all-rounder Andre Russell claimed three crucial wickets, including those of South African Aiden Markram and rival captain Cummins, as Hyderabad wilted inside 19 overs.
Defending the lowest total in an IPL final, Cummins removed Sunil Narine in the second over but the miracle they needed did not materialise.
Venkatesh Iyer, who smashed an unbeaten 52 off 26 balls, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39) helped Kolkata romp home in 10.3 overs in front of a sea of purple jerseys that included franchise co-owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.
"No words to describe (the feeling). It means so much," West Indies stalwart Russell said wiping away tears.
"I am happy that all of us were very disciplined and worked towards one goal. This franchise has done a lot for me. It's a big gift from all of us to them."
It was a special night for Kolkata mentor Gautam Gambhir, who captained the franchise to IPL titles in 2012 and 2014.
"I thought they (Kolkata) bowled fantastically. Obviously not enough (from Hyderabad) tonight... They didn't give us anything," Cummins said of his side's batting effort.
"It was a tricky wicket. I didn't feel it was like a 200-plus wicket. I think 160 would have given us a chance."
Royal Challengers Bengaluru crashed out in the playoffs but stalwart Virat Kohli won the orange cap as the league's leading scorer with 741 runs from 15 matches.
Punjab Kings seamer Harshal Patel won the purple cap for the league's most successful bowler with 24 wickets from 14 matches even though his team did not make the playoffs.
Kolkata's Narine was adjudged the season's Most Valuable Player for his all-round brilliance.
KKR 11/1 in 1.2 overs, need 103 runs to win
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine are in the middle and are ready for the chase.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar will open the attack for SRH.
Here we go...!!!
Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical effort with the ball to dismiss Sunrisers Hyderabad for 113 in the Indian Premier League final on Sunday.
This is the lowest ever total in an IPL final.
Mitchell Starc (2/14), Andre Russell (3/19) and Harshit Rana (2/24) were the most successful bowlers for the Knight Riders, as SRH simply failed to turn up for the big game.
Opting to bat first, SRH were off to a disastrous start as they lost their top guns Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head with just six runs on the board, with the latter getting dismissed for a first-ball duck to a beautiful outswinger.
Before that, Abhishek was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the fifth ball of the first over, a peach of a delivery opening up the left-hander before hitting the top of the off stump.
SRH were in all sorts of trouble as Starc accounted for the wicket of Rahul Tripathi to leave them reeling at 21/3 in the fifth over, the swing doing the trick for KKR bowlers early on.
First-change bowler Harshit Rana continued the good work and got rid of Nitish Reddy (13). Andre Russell dismissed Aiden Markram in his first over as SRH slipped to 62/5 in the 11th over.
SRH could not recover from there.
Very happy, very happy. We all know how important this game is. As big players, we all stood up. I am happy how I am bowling. I am happy how everyone is bowling. My fitness is a big part of that but mentally, I am in a better space. I was mentally down for last few years. I am in a better state, my body is feeling very good. We are not going to take it lightly. These guys will try to defend it. We need a good powerplay. The bowlers have done their job, now it's up to us batters. Starc set the tone by castling Abhishek which is probably the ball of the tournament. Head fell for a first-ball duck to Vaibhav. Aiden Markram, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen tried to revive the innings but the KKR bowlers were just too good. That Cummins at No. 9 was the top-scorer with 24 tells you how bad it went for SRH.
Andre Russell
96 vs MI Hyderabad 2019
113 vs MI Hyderabad 2015
113 vs KKR Chennai 2024 *
114 vs PBKS Dubai 2020
Lowest totals in IPL finals
113 SRH vs KKR Chennai 2024 *
125/9 CSK vs MI Kolkata 2013
128/6 RPS vs MI Hyderabad 2017
129/8 MI vs RPS Hyderabad 2017
SRH 108/8 in 17 overs vs KKR
57/7 CSK vs MI Kolkata 2013
77/7 SRH vs KKR Chennai 2024 *
79/7 MI vs RPS Hyderabad 2017
92/7 RCB vs CSK Chennai 2011
SRH 86/7 in 13.1 overs vs KKR
SRH 71/6 in 11.5 overs vs KKR
SRH 62/5 in 10.2 overs vs KKR
37/2 vs RR Hyderabad
40/3 vs PBKS Mullanpur
40/3 vs KKR Chennai *
45/4 vs KKR Ahmedabad
SRH 47/4 in 7 overs vs KKR
SRH 40/3 in 6 overs vs KKR
- Starc makes an early breakthrough, dismissing Abhishek in the opening over.
- Vaibhav removes Head for a golden duck.
- SRH gains momentum with a couple of fours in Starc's second over.
- Despite bowling three wides in his second over, Vaibhav concedes only six runs.
- Tripathi loses patience and becomes Starc's second victim.
SRH 21/3 in 4.2 overs vs KKR
Travis Head last four innings
0(1) vs PBKS
0(2) vs KKR
34(28) vs RR
0(1) vs KKR
SRH 6/2 in 2 overs vs KKR
STAT:
Shreyas Iyer becomes the first captain to lead two different franchises in IPL grand finals - Delhi Capitals in 2020 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024.
Rahul Tripathi joins Travis Head in the middle.
SRH 2/1 in 0.5 over vs KKR
Mitchell Starc will open the attack for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Umpire says 'let's play'
Here we go...!!!
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL final on Sunday.
The Hyderabad side made one change from the last match, bringing in Shahbaz Ahmed in place of Abdul Samad, while KKR retained their eleven from the Qualifier 1.
KKR have earlier won the title two times, while SRH are seeking their second IPL trophy.
The Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
We have to come prepared and we are ready to go. We had a look at it the other day, it'll be completely different. It's about making sure that we sum those conditions up as quickly as we can and communicate that well. If it's with the bat, get off to the best start we can with me and Abhi (Abhishek Sharma). If it's the ball, then Bhuvi will kickstart that for us. (Battle against Starc) We have had our battles over the years and he's won a fair few of them, hopefully knock the shine off him tonight and then we get off to a good start.
Travis Head
It's another final. It's nice to be here, it's been a very enjoyable couple of months, so hopefully we can top it off tonight and please a lot of fans. (On losing 4 & 3 wickets in the powerplay in the last two matches) We'd obviously like to lose a little bit less. We got to 170 both times without hitting the marks that we wanted to hit. That's exciting as a group and we spoke about that - we want to go out and continue to play aggressive, play positively and do what we've done the whole time. The positive is that we've been able to get to totals that's given us half a chance with a powerplay like that. So hopefully tonight we can get off to a really good start and get to a really big score. (Any advantage having played Qualifier 2 at this venue?) We'll say yes and they'll say no.
Travis Head
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford
We would have bowled, we'll get a fair idea about how the pitch will play. It;s a red soil and we played our last game on a similar surface. We need to stay with the present, stick to the basics and execute all our plans. Every individual is taking responsibility, this is a big game, we've plenty of people who're playing in a final for the first time, nervous, but this is also a good chance. We're going with the same team
Shreyas Iyer, KKR captain
We will bat first. Looks like a good wicket, played on a different wicket the other night. There was no dew on the other night's game, but when it does, it's very damaging. We've had now dew the other night, I don't feel there'll be any today, I want to crack with the bat first. We have a style that doesn't work always, but when it does work, it's very damagiing. We have done well defending scores. Pretty much the same, Shahbaz comes in for Samad.
Pat Cummins, SRH captain
This is the third final at this venue and there have been high scores in both the previous games. Not a lot of spin, but significant bounce. Unconventional shots, horizontal bat shots is what the batters will look to do against spin. The groundsmen have assured that there'll be now dew tonight as well.
BY - Ian Bishop and Matthew Hayden
The match is scheduled to take place on pitch number 4, which is located more centrally compared to the other pitches
The wicket is made of red soil. In their previous encounter on this pitch on May 1, CSK suffered a defeat against PBKS.
It will be partly cloudy in the evening in Chennai.
Humidity: 66%
Probability of Precipitation: 3%
Sunrisers should back their batting first approach and put runs on the board, but the eight overs of spin will be crucial. With KKR having won an IPL in Chennai, the pressure will be different. The key point for SRH is Pat Cummins who has already won the World Cup, he knows how to keep the dressing room running. You follow the process, you are switched on for the finals, the players know their roles, and everything will be organized
Suresh Raina
Speaking to JioCinema, Raina said that Pat Cummins' presence in the SRH squad will be a key point since the Sunrisers skipper has already won the ODI World Cup recently.
The former CSK cricketer added the SRH skipper knows how to keep the dressing room running.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Dushmantha Chameera, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sakib Hussain, Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar.
Replying to him, Pat said that Shreyas led by example and "a lot of swag".
"But I cannot help but think about our stellar win at this very ground (against RR in qualifier two). I hope the KKR boys know what to expect. Come Sunday, you might say you have given us a tough time this season, but let me assure you the Orange Army has saved the best for last," Cummins said.
