Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Sunday (May 26). KKR humiliated SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in 2024 final as they won the match by eight wickets in a chase of 113. KKR had previously won the IPL title in 2012 and 2014.

Chasing the lowest IPL final total in history, KKR lost Sunil Narine early as Pat Cummins removed him on the second ball of the second over after being hit for a six on the first one. Venkatesh Iyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz then added 91 runs for the second wicket as KKR won the game in the 11th over. 

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Iyer was particularly severe on SRH bowlers, scoring 51 not out off 25 balls while Gurbaz hit 39 off 32.

Earlier, SRH won the toss in Chennai and skipper Cummins chose to bat first. It all went downhill for SRH from that point as Mitchell Starc dismissed Abhishek Sharma with a ripper in the first over itself. The trauma didn’t end there for SRH as they lost swashbuckling opener Travis Head for a golden duck in the next over.

Starc also bowled the fifth over of the innings and dismissed Rahul Tripathi for the third SRH wicket in the powerplay. SRH finished the powerplay at 40/3 but the horror continued as KKR’s Harshit Rana, in his first over, removed Nitish Kumar Reddy. Next to fall was Aiden Markram as SRH lost fifth wicket for just 62 in the 11th over of the innings.

SRH’s hopes now relied on Heinrich Klaasen but Rana removed him in the 15th over to bring Hyderabad to its knees. Skipper Pat Cummins then walked out to bat and added 23 runs for the ninth wicket with Jaydev Unadkat.

The partnership was broken in the 18th over when Sunil Narine trapped Unadkat LBW. The innings got done in the next over with Russell dismissing Cummins without any addition to the team total.

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