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22:39 KKR Thrash SRH To Win IPL 2024
KKR 114-2 (10.3 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Getting back Gautam Gambhir has worked wonders for KKR as they get back to winning ways after a long wait of 10 years.
He captained KKR to their first two IPL titles in 2012 and 2014 before returning as the mentor to guide them to their third IPL triumph.
KKR dominated the league stages with nine wins from 14 games with two of their matches washed out.
They trounced SRH by eight wickets in the Qualifier 1 match and repeated that margin of victory in the final.
Sunil Narine was the star performer with the bat, smashing 488 runs from 15 games at a strike rate of 180, with a century and three fifties. He also claimed 17 wickets at an economy rate of 6.69.
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy led the bowling charts for KKR with 21 wickets at an economy rate of 8.04, while pacers Harshit Rana and Andre Russell bagged 19 wickets each.
Mitchell Starc came to the fore when it mattered the most! He excelled with the ball in the knockout games, to finish with 17 wickets, while Vaibhav Arora got 11 wickets.
Phil Salt missed out on the play-offs as he went back for national duty but he left a big impression, striking 435 runs in 12 games at a strike rate of 182, with four fifties.
The Iyers -- Venkatesh and Shreyas -- contributed with 370 and 351 runs respectively, while all-rounder Russell slammed 222 runs at a strike rate of 185.
22:32 KKR Thrash SRH To Win IPL 2024
KKR 114-2 (10.3 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Part-time spinner Aiden Markram comes into the attack. Venkatesh mistimes the pull shot first ball but it falls safely on the leg side for two runs.
He then misses the reverse sweep off the next two balls as he looks to finish off the game on a high!
Venkatesh swats the fourth ball over midwicket for a single and Shreyas takes one next ball.
Venkatesh slaps the last ball to sweeper cover for a single to race to his fifty from just 24 balls.
Venkatesh looks for the big shot. He sweeps Shahbaz uppishly but can't time the shot as it falls just short of the fielder rushing in from fine leg boundary.
Shreyas taps the next ball on the off-side to hand the strike back to Venkatesh to hit the winning runs.
Venkatesh misses the sweep but the ball goes past the wicketkeeper as the two batters take the bye.
KKR thrash SRH by eight wickets to win their IPL title. It has been a dominant victory by the Knights as they storm to victory with 57 balls remaining.
Venkatesh smashed his way to a brilliant 52 not out from 26 balls, with three sixes and four fours, while Shreyas made six from three balls.
22:32 Dominant KKR racing towards victory
KKR 106-2 (9 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed comes into the attack. The second ball goes right through beating Gurbaz on the inside edge and also the wicketkeeper for four byes.
The next ball is down the leg side as Gurbaz sweeps it over the fine leg region for a six and flicks the next for one.
Venkatesh skips down the track and has a big swing but misses and is struck on the pads to collect a leg bye and Gurbaz defends the last ball.
Left-arm pacer Unadkat comes into the attack, to bowl the eighth over.
Venkatesh and Gurbaz take a single each before the former is beaten as he looks the slog the pacer over midwicket but is done in by the change of pace.
Venkatesh hits the fourth ball in the gap through the covers for two runs followed by a single.
Gurbaz pulls the last ball, a slower bouncer, over midwicket to end the over with a boundary.
Spinner Shahbaz continues as Venkatesh inside edges the first ball on the leg side for two runs and then misses the reverse off the next to collect a leg bye.
Gurbaz comes down and lofts Shahbaz back over his head for a six to take KKR past the 100-run mark, in the ninth over.
Gurbaz misses the sweep off the fifth ball as the ball goes fine off his pads for four leg byes. Infact, he has been given out leg before wicket before Gurbaz takes the review.
Interestingly, the ball tracking data is not available and even the Ultra Edge. The TV umpire says there is no conclusive evidence to overturn the decision as the leg before wicket stays.
Gurbaz walks back disappointed after a good hand of 39 from 32 balls, after putting on 91 from 45 balls for the second wicket with Venkatesh.
Shreyas Iyer reverse sweeps the first ball he faces, as he slams Shahbaz over short thirdman for a four.
22:31 Iyer's attack puts KKR on course
KKR 72-1 (6 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Natarajan comes under attack at the hands of Venkatesh, who is keen to make most of the final over of Powerplay.
The first ball is short and wide as Venkatesh cuts it powerfully past point for a four and then pulls the next over midwicket for a boundary.
Natarajan bowls a full delivery on the pads as this time Venkatesh flicks it all the way over square leg for a six.
He then looks to heave the pacer over the leg side but gets the thick outside edge which flies through the vacant slip region for another four.
Singles off the last two balls as Natarajan gives away 20 runs in his second over.
KKR are racing towards victory as they reach 72/1 in six overs.
Venkatesh Iyer has smashed his way to an entertaining 40 from 12 balls, with three sixes and four fours, while Gurbaz has made 21 from 22 balls.
They need another 42 runs from 14 overs for victory at an asking rate of three.
21:59 Iyer's attack puts KKR on course
KKR 52-1 (5 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Cummins takes himself off the attack despite picking a wicket in his first over as he brings on Thangarasu Natarajan.
He starts with a wide before Gurbaz gets a thick outside edge which flies wide of the slip fielder for a four.
Gurbaz uses his feet and swings hard across the line but misses and is hit on the pads followed by another wide.
Gurbaz then takes a risky single on the off-side as he is lucky that Nitish, who makes a superb effort to get to the ball, but narrowly misses the direct hit.
Two more singles as Natarajan gives away nine runs in his first over.
Cummins is back into the attack. Gurbaz makes room as he gloves the pull fine on the leg side for a four to bring up KKR's 50, in the fifth over.
He again makes room but can only drive the full delivery down to long-on for a single and Venkatesh takes one next ball followed by three dots.
21:48 Venkatesh's attack rallies KKR
KKR 37-1 (3 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Venkatesh on the counter-attack as he looks to rally KKR after the early wickets.
He targets the experienced Bhuvneshwar in the third over. The pacer bowls it down the leg side as Venkatesh glances it fine for a four before he comes down to loft the pacer straight down the ground for a six.
Venkatesh down the pitch to hammer another huge six off Bhuvneshwar over long-on.
Singles off the next two balls before Venkatesh clips the last ball through square leg for two runs to make it 20 runs from the over.
21:45 Cummins strikes; Narine out for 6
KKR 17-1 (2 ovs) SRH 113 | Scorecard
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine are the two openers for KKR, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar will open the bowling for SRH, who need some early wickets in the Powerplay to get back into the contest.
Gurbaz uses his feet first ball as he tries to defend Bhuvneshwar but is beaten as the pacer gets some away movement.
The KKR opener slashes the next ball past point for a four to get off the mark in smashing fashion.
Bhuvneshwar bowls a short ball away from the stumps which is ruled a wide before Gurbaz is beaten next ball trying to drive and he keeps out the last two balls.
Pat Cummins strikes the early blow for SRH.
Narine swings the first ball from the SRH captain over midwicket for a six to get off the mark in positive fashion.
But Cummins gets revenge as he strikes with the wicket of the dangerous Sunil Narine, who is caught at deep midwicket for six.
Narine makes room and looks to clip the pacer off his pads but gets the leading edge and is taken by Shahbaz rushing in from deep midwicket.
Cummins bowls a wide down the leg side to new batter Venkatesh Iyer as Klaaasen dives across and gets a glove on it to keep it down to two wides.
Gurbaz lofts the fifth ball over the fielder in the covers for a boundary.
21:17 SRH bowled out for lowest total in IPL finals
SRH 113-all out (18.3 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Narine finishes with 1/16 from his four overs. Infact the ball which struck Unadkat on the pads had brushed the stumps but the bails didn't come off.
Russell to bowl the 19th over. Cummins is beaten as he has a big swing first ball but is beaten by the slower ball but he mistimes the pull shot next ball.
Russell gets his man off the third ball. Starc makes up for his earlier drop as he takes the catch at long-on to dismiss Cummins after scoring 24 from 19 balls.
SRH are bowled out for a lowly 113 in 18.3 overs -- the lowest total by any team in IPL finals.
Splendid performance with the ball from all KKR bowlers. Russell led the way with excellent figures of 3/19, while Rana and Starc claimed two wickets each.
Vaibav Arora played his part with the wicket of Travis Head in his first over, while spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine claimed one wicket each.
21:10 Narine strikes; SRH 9 down
SRH 113-9 (18 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Narine to bowl his final over. Cummins takes a single first ball to midwicket before Unadkat mishits the reverse sweep for another run.
Cummins sweeps the spinner behind square on the leg side for two runs followed by a single on the off-side.
Unadkat is struck on the pads as he plays all over a full delivery from Narine which spins into him.
The ball has struck in line and is going on to hit the leg stump as the decision is overturned.
Unadkat is given out leg before wicket on the review as SRH slip to 113/9, in the 18th over.
21:04 Klaasen out for 16 as SRH collapse
SRH 108-8 (17 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Narine comes back into the attack as KKR look to finish off the SRH innings quickly.
Cummins tries the reverse sweep but misses the shot as the ball goes down the leg side beating wicketkeeper Gurbaz for four byes.
Cummins clips the next ball to square leg for a single before Unadkat miscues the scoop as the ball goes off his gloves to fall safely on the off-side for another run.
Cummins lofts Narine straight to Starc at long-on, who puts down a simple catch to give his Australia captain a lifeline.
Singles off the last two balls as eight runs come from the over, including four byes.
Rana to bowl his fourth and final over. Unadkat pushes the first ball into the covers for a single followed by two dot balls to Cummins, who then takes couple of runs to bring up SRH's 100, in the 17th over.
Cummins lofts the slower ball from Rana inside out over the covers as Russell takes a running catch in the deep but the momentum takes him over as he is unable to throw the ball back before his feet touches the boundary cushions.
He keeps strike with a single from the last ball as 10 runs come from the 17th over.
20:53 Klaasen out for 16; SRH 8 down
SRH 90-8 (15 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Rana comes back into the attack. He finishes off SRH's hopes of a fightback as he gets the key wicket of Klaasen, who is bowled off an inside edge for 16.
Rana bowls a well-disguised slower ball as Klaasen looks to hit it through the off-side but only manages to drag it back on to his stumps.
SRH reeling on 90/8 in the 15th over.
Jaydev Unadkat is beaten by the incoming delivery from Rana. KKR take the review but the impact is outside the line of leg stump with the ball going further down as they end up losing the review.
Good short ball from Rana as Unadkat swings hard but is beaten before he plays and misses trying to drive.
Unadkat is beaten again off the last ball as Rana sends down a wicket maiden.
20:47 SRH 77/7; KKR in complete control
SRH 90-7 (14 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Cummins looking to counter-attack. He shuffles across to scoop Chakravarthy but adjusts well to the wide line to reverse-scoop it past short thirdman for a four.
He tries the scoop next ball but misses as it goes past the wicketkeeper for a bye.
Klaasen slaps the spinner in the gap through the covers for a couple of runs and then takes one before Cummins is beaten last ball.
20:45 SRH 77/7; KKR in complete control
SRH 82-7 (13 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
This is going from bad to worse for SRH, who have come up with their worst batting display in the IPL.
Russell strikes another blow in his second over. Samad, who came in as the Impact Player, can't do much with the bat. He goes after the wide delivery from the pacer which swings away to take the edge.
Wicketkeeper Gurbaz flies full length to right to take a superb catch.
Samad is dismissed for four as SRH slip to 77/7 in the 13th over.
Pat Cummins gets off the mark as he late cuts the wide delivery from Russell past short thirdman for a four and then takes a single on the off-side.
20:38 SRH collapse; KKR in command
SRH 72-6 (12 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
The wickets keep tumbling for SRH as Varun Chakravarthy strikes in his first over.
After playing two dot balls in a row, Shahbaz looks to attack Chakravarthy. He brings out the sweep but gets the top edge and is taken by Narine at short fine leg to be dismissed for eight.
SRH have been forced to use the Impact Sub early as Abdul Samad replaces Travis Head.
He gets off the mark with a single from the last ball of the over.
20:32 Russell strikes; SRH lose 5th wkt
SRH 70-5 (11 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Narine continues to keep things tight. He gives away just three singles in his second over, including three dots in a row to Markram.
At the halfway mark, SRH are struggling on 58/4 in 10 overs, with Markram on 20 from 22 balls and Klaasen on 10 from nine balls.
They will need atleast 110-120 runs in the next 10 overs to challenge the strong batting line-up.
But the only worry for SRH will be that they don't have much batting to follow after this pair.
Andre Russell leaves SRH in further strife. He strikes in his first over with the wicket of the well-set Markram, who miscues the pull shot and as he holes out a simple catch to Starc at long.
Markram is dismissed after scoring 20 from 23 balls as SRH slip to 62/5 in the 11th over.
Shahbaz Ahmed gets off the mark with two runs to deep square leg before he pushes away from his body and is beaten.
The left-hander top edges the last ball looking to pull Russell and fortunately for him the ball flies over the wicketkeeper and over the ropes for a six.
20:24 Rana dismisses Nitish; SRH 4 down
SRH 58-4 (9 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Perfect time to unleash their spinners for KKR. Sunil Narine comes into the attack to bowl the eighth over. Markram hits the second ball uppishly in the gap through the covers for one and Heinrich Klaasen drives the next down to long-on for a single to get off the mark.
A mishit from Markram as he looks to flick Narine but the ball falls well short of the fielder at midwicket.
Singles off the last two balls to take SRH past the 50-run mark, in the eighth over.
Tidy start from Narine as he gives away just four runs in his first over.
Rana continues from the other end. He bowls another cracking delivery as Klaasen gets the edge trying to drive as the ball flies to the right of the wicketkeeper for a boundary.
He pushes the next towards point for one and Markram picks another run off the next.
Rana bowls two dots in a row to Klaasen, who retains strike with a single from the last ball.
20:14 Rana dismisses Nitish; SRH 4 down
SRH 47-4 (7 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Pacer Harshit Rana comes into the attack in place of Starc. He starts with a short wide delivery which Nitish crashes past point for a four and then takes single down to thirdman.
Rana bowls a wide as Markram went after it but missed the cut shot before he mistimes the cut shot for a single.
Rana strikes with the last ball of his first over. The full delivery moves away enough to take the edge as Nitish looks to drive and wicketkeeper Gurbaz takes his second catch.
Nitish is gone for 13 with SRH slipping to 47/4 in the seventh over.
20:08 Starc strikes again; SRH 3 down
SRH 40-3 (6 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Arora will also bowl three overs in the Powerplay. He starts with a wide before Markram smashes the next over the off-side for a boundary to release some pressure.
The second ball is again short and wide as Markram again carves it over the cover region for another four and then takes a quick single on the off-side.
Arora's slower bouncer is down the leg side as Nitish pulls it over fine leg for a six and picks a single off the last ball.
Some relief for SRH as Arora gives away 17 runs in the final over of Powerplay.
SRH are struggling on 40/3 in six overs with Nitish on five and Markram on 15.
20:03 Starc strikes again; SRH 3 down
SRH 23-3 (5 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Starc to bowl his third over in the Powerplay. The decision to give the pacer an extra over works wonders for KKR.
Tripathi gets a thick leading edge looking to swipe Starc over the leg side. The ball soars high on the leg side as Ramandeep Singh keeps his cool to take a well-judged catch on the leg side with the reverse cup.
Tripathi walks back after scoring 9 from 13 balls as SRH slip to 21/3 in the fifth over.
Nitish Reddy guides the first ball he faces to thirdman for a single and Markram takes one on the off-side.
Some swing for Starc as he beats Nitish on the outside edge before he leaves the last ball.
Starc has been excellent with the new ball, taking 2/14 in three overs, including 11 dot balls.
19:55 SRH lose both openers; KKR on top
SRH 21-2 (4 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Arora starts his second over with two wides in a row before Tripathi taps the first ball towards point for a single.
Markram defends the second ball with a straight bat followed by a single on the leg side.
Tripathi chips down the track as he makes room to hit over the off-side but is beaten by some late inswing.
Arora bowls another wide down the leg side as Tripathi misses the glance off his pads before he takes another quick run on the off-side and Markram pushes the last ball back to the bowler.
19:49 SRH lose both openers; KKR on top
SRH 15-2 (3 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Starc to bowl his second over. The first ball is down the leg side as Tripathi glances it fine for a four and takes a single next ball.
Aiden Markram defends the first ball before he gets a thick outside edge trying to drive Starc but it flies wide of the lone slip fielder for a four.
Markram is saved by the inside edge as he misses the flick off the full delivery bowled by Starc and blocks the last ball with a straight bat.
19:47 Head, Abhishek depart; SRH 2 down
SRH 6-2 (2 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard
Pacer Vaibhav Arora from the other end. He gets the first ball to swing away as Tripathi is struck on the gloves but it is well short of the wicketkeeper and also edges the next ball which is short of the slips.
Tripathi misses the flick off the fourth ball as the ball goes square off the pads for a couple of leg byes and then takes a single.
Arora also strikes in the first over. He gets the ball to angle away from left-hander Travis Head, who pokes at it to get the edge and is caught behind for a first-ball duck.
A dream start for KKR as SRH lose both their openers in the first two overs.
19:39 Starc strikes; Abhishek out for 2
SRH 3-1 (1 ov) vs KKR | Scorecard
The dangerous left-handed duo of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head ipen the batting for SRH, while Mitchell Starc opens the bowling for KKR.
Some swing for Starc as Abhishek goes for the big drive through the covers but is beaten. The next ball is back of length and moves away and again the left-hander pokes and is beaten.
He cuts the fourth ball to thirdman for a couple of runs to get off the mark. Infact, he is lucky to survive a run out chance as the wicketkeeper misses the direct hit from close range after the fielder is quick to get the ball back.
WICKET! Starc produces a beauty to get rid of Abhishek off the fifth ball.
The first four balls are wide of the stumps but this time Starc bowls one on the middle stump line and gets the length ball to move away quite a bit to beat the outside edge of the bat and crash into the off-stump. Abhishek looks to defend but can only helplessly watch the ball swing past the bat to break the stumps.
Rahul Tripathi gets off the mark with a single off the last ball of the over.
19:32 SRH elect to bat; KKR unchanged
SRH have made one change as all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed replaces Abdul Samad.
KKR have retained the same team but will expected to include Nitish Rana during their run chase, while SRH might bring in leg-spinner Mayank Markande.
Check out the playing XIs of the two teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w/k), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Substitutes: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, K S Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (w/k), Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Thangarasu Natarajan.
Substitutes: Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar
19:07 SRH elect to bat; KKR unchanged
SRH captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and elected to bat against KKR in the IPL 2024 final in Chennai on Sunday.
Interestingly, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer takes a spin as he tosses the coin but still it goes in favour of Cummins.
He thinks that there was no dew last evening so bowling second shouldn't be a problem for SRH.
Interestingly, KKR captain Iyer reveals they would have bowled first if they had won the toss.
SRH have made one change as all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed replaces Abdul Samad, while KKR have retained the same team.
18:10 KKR start as favourites vs SRH
Welcome to the coverage of the IPL 2024 final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Sunday.
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 the in-from Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai on Sunday.
Marquee sporting clashes always pit one leader against another but this IPL final will be about Gambhir's brain, which is always ticking against Cummins -- a captain who has transcended boundaries to turn into a leader of men.
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.
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.
KKR have won both their games against SRH this season, including the recent Qualifier 1 match, in which KKR outwitted SRH with clever bowling plans.
In Chennai, KKR will again start as favourites SRH, whose big strength is their power-packed batting line-up.
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.
Gambhir went on to win another title in 2014, which made him a sentimental favourite. Now he is on the cusp of becoming the man, who as captain and mentor has won the IPL trophy for the same team.
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.
However, SRH's uncapped domestic stars like Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy have done really well along with out-of-favour India internationals like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat.
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.
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.
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