Report KKR's bowlers rip through SRH to win third IPL title Mitchell Starc bowled Abhishek Sharma in the first over, and there was no way back for SRH Sidharth Monga 26-May-2024 • 10 mins ago 0:46 Moody: Starc's jaffa to Abhishek is the ball of the tournament Kolkata Knight Riders 114 for 2 (Venkatesh 52*, Gurbaz 39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 113 (Cummins 24, Russell 3-19, Starc 2-14) by eight wickets Just like the 2015 World Cup final, Mitchell Starc led the rout of the second-best team of the tournament as Kolkata Knight Riders fashioned the most one-sided IPL final to secure their third title. Starc started with arguably the ball of the tournament, and the most complete attack of the tournament was too good for Sunrisers Hyderabad on a pitch that offered seam movement for at least seven overs followed by grip off the surface too. SRH were bowled out for the lowest total in an IPL final, 113, which KKR chased down with 57 balls to spare thanks to Venkatesh Iyer's blitz of 52 off 26.
Five of the six bowlers used by KKR took a wicket in their first over, including a golden duck for SRH's talisman Travis Head to Vaibhav Arora in the second over. It is hard to find fault with SRH who had to take risks while KKR's strategy was straightforward: with the ball moving, just minimise the bad balls and experiment less. Whenever SRH looked to force the pace, they ended up losing wickets.
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