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KKR vs SRH IPL Final Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to clinch third title

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 01, 2024, 16:24:30 IST

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KKR vs SRH IPL Final Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to clinch third title

KKR vs SRH IPL Final highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders lifted their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title with an eight-wicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in a lop-sided final in Chennai on Sunday.

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.

17:04 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: 'Orange Army has saved the best for last...' - Pat Cummins

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) final, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) issued a bold warning to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Shreyas Iyer, saying that the Orange Army has saved "the best for the last".

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), two of the biggest trailblazers of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), will be taking on the title clash at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.KKR finished the league stage on the top of the points table with nine wins, three losses and two no results, giving them 20 points. They earned a direct spot in the final by defeating SRH in the qualifier one. SRH got a second shot at the title in the qualifier two against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and they made the most of it by defeating the Men in Pink by 36 runs.

In a video by the official X handle of the IPL, both captains sent to each other a friendly note before the game.

Sending his note to SRH captain Pat, Shreyas lauded the Aussie star for his captaincy and pointed out that KKR had given SRH a tough time this season, having won both their matches against them, including the qualifier one clash. He also jokingly said that may the best team, i.e, his own team wins.

16:53 (IST) May 26

It gives Sunrisers an edge for sure as they know how the wicket plays, especially when there is no dew. They will have to back-up, and regenerate their mental and physical energy quickly, but for me, KKR are the favourites. They are fresh as a daisy; they have got world-class players through their team, and they are going to be very hard to defeat

Shane Watson

16:38 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Watson picks KKR over SRH

Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 Final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium, former Australia cricketer Shane Watson said that the Pat Cummins led-side has a slight advantage but the Knight Riders are favourites to lift the title.

KKR finished the league stage on the top of the points table with nine wins, three losses and two no results, giving them 20 points. They earned a direct spot in the final by defeating SRH in the qualifier one. SRH got a second shot at the title in the qualifier two against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and they made the most of it by defeating the Men in Pink by 36 runs.

Both teams have been incredible with the bat this season. KKR and SRH have posted six 200-plus totals this season, three each. SRH also made the highest IPL total over, 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). When the tournament is all said and done, it will be looked at as something game-changing, something that could bring a paradigm shift to the way T20s are played and the credit will go to these two teams.

16:27 (IST) May 26

Skippers' speak

16:26 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Aussie captains winning the IPL

KKR vs SRH Live Score: It's interesting that only three foreign captains have won the IPL - Shane Warne (2008), Adam Gilchrist (2009) and David Warner (2016) and it's not always easy for foreigners to understand how it works for Indian rookies, but Cummins, who isn't an IPL regular, seems to have taken to it like a duck to water

16:26 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: Captain Cummins

IPL Live: In this day and age, some of the captains are absolutely obsessed with data analysis, but Cummins is probably a little old school in this regard, even though he isn't closed to new-age technology

16:25 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: The Rs 20.5 crore purchase

IPL Live Score: There's an understated nature about Cummins' captaincy, even though you can see that he is an astute reader of the game and the Indian team got a feel of his tactical acumen in Ahmedabad last November and that's probably one of the reasons the SRH management punted on him, picking Cummins up for Rs 20.5 crore from the auctions

16:24 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: Can Cummins equal MS Dhoni?

IPL Final Live: It was only MS Dhoni who had an ODI World Cup and an IPL title (in 2011) under his belt as captain at the same time, and Cummins knows he can do one better with Sunrisers Hyderabad

16:21 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Pat Cummins one step away from winning the IPL

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Australia broke Indian hearts in the World Test Championship final and ODI World Cup final last year, and now Pat Cummins is one step away from winning T20 cricket's biggest franchise event - the IPL

16:06 (IST) May 26

STAT ATTACK

15:56 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir

IPL Live: But KKR too are hungry and their mentor Gautam Gambhir's "obsession for success" seems to have rubbed on and it will need an extraordinary performance from SRH to stop the marauding Knights from running away with their third title

15:55 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: The Heinrich Klaasen factor

IPL Live Score: The second big hurdle that can come in KKR's way is in the form of Heinrich Klaasen, who was brilliant during his 34-ball 50 in the second Qualifier on Friday and he has everything in his batting arsenal to deal with the spin threat of Narine and Varun and add to that the confidence that he has gained from his Friday show

15:55 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: Travis Head vs Mitchell Starc

IPL Final Live: Head didn't play the first time these two teams played against each other this season, while in Qualifier 1, he got a second-ball duck, unable to deal with the pace and swing of the ever-improving Mitchell Starc, but there's always an unpredictability about Head's game and captain Iyer will hope that Starc delivers the sucker punch once again early on

15:53 (IST) May 26

SRH ROAD TO FINAL

15:53 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: SRH opening duo

KKR vs SRH Live Score: While Cummins' astute captaincy is one of the crucial elements, it is the explosive nature of their opening duo of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head that will keep KKR team management worried

15:52 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: KKR overwhelming favourites

IPL Live: All the indications are that KKR will start the final as overwhelming favourites, but there's something about this SRH team that doesn't quite rule them out of the contest

15:52 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: KKR spinners

IPL Live Score: Narine and his mystery spin partner C Varun, who has got 20 wickets in this IPL, could be crucial and captain Shreyas Iyer stressed on that in the press conference just before KKR's practice schedule was halted by an afternoon shower

15:51 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: Changed he track for the final

IPL Final Live: On Friday, SRH had two unlikely bowling heroes in left-arm spinners Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed on a black-soil pitch, but the track is going to be changed for the final and in this game the wrist spinners should get a bit of help, provided the dew doesn't come in

15:39 (IST) May 26

KKR ROAD TO FINAL

15:38 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Sunil Narine vs Pat Cummins

KKR vs SRH Live Score: For SRH, the best chance against Narine will be to try and bowl short at a good pace, something that skipper Pat Cummins can do if he chooses to

15:38 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: The ability to clear the fence

IPL Live: The West Indian has the ability to clear the fence whenever the ball is in his hitting arc, which can be worrying for somebody like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who banks on his swing early on at a pace of around 130 km/hr

15:37 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: Narine's no-holds barred batting at the top of the order

IPL Live Score: Now with a much-modified action, Narine, with an economy rate of 6.9, is still a bowler who is difficult to score runs off, but it's his no-holds barred batting at the top of the order that has become one of the talking points of this IPL

15:37 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: Sunil Narine

IPL Final Live: Sunil Narine remains the No. 1 weapon for the Kolkata team, albeit in a different form

15:22 (IST) May 26

SRH vs KKR

15:21 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: The team culture developed by Gambhir and Cummins

KKR vs SRH Live Score: That again tells a story that IPL is won mostly by teams where 'Orange Cap' or 'Purple Cap' doesn't get much precedence in the face of team culture developed by Gambhir and Cummins

15:20 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: India's T20 World Cup squad

IPL Live: One interesting aspect of the IPL final is that the match features no member from India's main T20 World Cup squad and the only Indian player associated with the final will be Rinku Singh, who is in the reserves

15:19 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: Travis Head with 567 runs

IPL Live Score: On a track where taking the pace off deliveries will be the key, young KKR pacers Harshit and Vaibhav Arora will have to think out of the box against Head, who has so far amassed 567 runs

15:18 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: For SRH to emerge triumphant...

IPL Final Live: Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen did get runs on a tricky surface but the likes of Abhishek, Rahul Tripathi and Reddy would need to play the match of their lives for SRH to emerge triumphant

15:18 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: The pressure of playing a final

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Any target between 180 to 200 could be a very competitive one if the pressure of playing the final is also factored in

14:55 (IST) May 26

LAST FIVE MATCHES

14:53 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: SRH spinners Qualifier 2

IPL Live: SRH's spin department might be short on confidence but not in terms of heart as Abhishek and Shahbaz Ahmed showed during their cumulative haul of 5 for 37 in 8 overs, which changed the course of the second qualifier

14:50 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: The Chepauk wicket

IPL Live Score: SRH's 36-run win over Royals on a difficult track will certainly boost their confidence but they also must realise that the Chepauk wicket will be tailor made for Varun (20 wickets) and Narine (16 wickets), who have been in stellar form through the season

14:48 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: SRH's uncapped domestic stars

IPL Final Live: However, SRH's uncapped domestic stars like Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy have done really well along with out-of-favour India internationals such as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat

14:47 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Man-to-man comparison

KKR vs SRH Live Score: If one looks at man-to-man comparison, KKR tick more boxes in terms of overall match-winners with Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, the two Iyers -- Shreyas and Venkatesh -- the two Ranas -- Nitish and Harshit -- and spinner Varun Chakravarthy in their ranks

14:20 (IST) May 26

ROAD TO THE FINALS

14:19 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: Team India head coach?

IPL Live: Obviously a bigger perk in Indian head coach's assignment awaits Gambhir and a trophy would not only burnish his credentials but also raise the demand to have him in that Indian dressing room

14:19 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: IPL trophy as captain and mentor

IPL Live Score: Gambhir went on to win another title in 2014, which made him a sentimental favourite and now he is on the cusp of becoming the man, who as captain and mentor has won the IPL trophy for the same team

14:18 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: KKR victorious in 2012

IPL Final Live: The last time KKR played an IPL final in Chennai, it was against Chennai Super Kings in 2012 in one of the most epic contests, which established Gambhir's credentials as an astute leader of men as he not only had the right game plan but also had his heart in the right place during those heady years

14:17 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Qualifier 1

KKR vs SRH Live Score: The two teams met in the first qualifier in which KKR outwitted SRH with clever bowling plans on a massive Motera ground and in Chennai, Iyer's men will again start as favourites

13:44 (IST) May 26

FACE-OFF

13:43 (IST) May 26

IPL Live: SRH captain Pat Cummins

IPL Live: A decade ago, no one would have placed a bet on Cummins being a captain and winning the ODI World Cup, World Test Championship and Ashes in a space of six months, and now, leading SRH to their maiden IPL title would be the icing on the cake

13:42 (IST) May 26

IPL Live Score: KKR captain Shreyas Iyer

IPL Live Score: Somewhere along the line, KKR's Shreyas Iyer, who is playing his second final as captain, has turned into bit of a side-show as a global cricketing royalty in Cummins faces an IPL czar in Gambhir

13:42 (IST) May 26

IPL Final Live: Mega IPL final

IPL Final Live: Marquee sporting clashes always pit one leader against another but this IPL final will be about Gambhir's brain, which is always ticking against a captain who has transcended boundaries to turn into a leader of men

13:41 (IST) May 26

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

KKR vs SRH Live Score: Tactician par excellence Gautam Gambhir couldn't have envisaged a battle of brains with a more different kind of adversary than the smiling yet ruthless Pat Cummins as Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai