KKR vs SRH, IPL 2024 Final Highlights: Venkatesh Iyer’s fifty helps Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad for third IPL title

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Absolutely comprehensive. This is what we demanded from the team and every individual. They stood up to the right occasion and the feeling is hard to express. It (wait) was so long, longer than the match. We played like invincibles throughout the season. There’s so much to cherish right now.

They (KKR) bowled fantastically. Not enough tonight, totally outplayed. You hope you get some boundaries away but they bowled fantastically well, and didn’t give us anything. Similar to how they bowled in Ahmedabad. It was a tricky wicket. If we got 160, we felt we would have been in the game. So many (positives), the style with which the guys played especially with the bat. Lot of skills to get to 250 three times. I loved how brave the guys were. It was a lot of fun, great season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad receives Rs. 12.5 cr cheque for being the runner-up. 

The Most Valuable Player of the Season award goes to none other than Sunil Narine. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s star Virat Kohli wins the Orange Cap award with 741 runs in this season. 

Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings wins the Purple Cap with the most wickets (24) in IPL 2024. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad wins Fair Play Team of the Season award. 

Ramandeep Singh wins the catch of the season award. 

Abhishek Sharma’s partner in crime Travis Head wins Most fours of the Season. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad explosive opener Abhishek Sharma wins Super sixes of the Season with 42 maximums in IPL 2024! 

Kolkata Knight Riders start all-rounder Sunil Narine clinches Ultimate Fantasy Player of the Season award. 

Jake Fraser-McGurk wins Electric Striker of the Season. He scored with a strike rate of 242. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy wins the Emerging Player of the Season award. 

Electric striker of the match - Venkatesh Iyer

Ultimate fantasy player of the match - Mitchell Starc

Most sixes of the match trophy - Venkatesh Iyer

Most fours of the match trophy - Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Dot balls of the match award - Harshit Rana

Player of the match - Mitchell Starc receives 5 lakh

Ah, the wait finally ends! The presentation ceremony will start now. 

Shahbaz Ahmed to bowl his third over. Both Shreyas and Venkatesh limit to singles as Kolkata Knight Riders chased down 114 to lift its THIRD IPL TITLE!

Aiden Markram is in the attack. A single off the last delivery takes Venkatesh to a 24-ball fifty! Joint-fastest IPL final fifty! Just three needed off the last 10 overs. 

KKR vs SRH, IPL 2024 Final: Venkatesh Iyer scores joint-fastest fifty in IPL finals history

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Venkatesh Iyer scored the join-fastest fifty in an IPL final, against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Sunday.

Shahbaz Ahmed continues. Shahbaz to Gurbaz, SIX! Flighted delivery and Gurbaz dances down the track to hit a straight six. Shahbaz to Gurbaz, OUT! LBW! Gurbaz shuffles across and fails to get a connection while sweeping the full ball. Gurbaz reviews it and has been given out since the ball tracking and ultraedge have gone down. Shreyas Iyer gets off the mark with a FOUR!

Gurbaz lbw b Shahbaz Ahmed 39(32)

Jaydev Unadkat is in the attack. Five off the first five deliveries before Gurbaz pulls the last delivery for a FOUR! KKR needs 21 off 72 now. 

Shahbaz Ahmed is in the strike. Shahbaz to Gurbaz, FOUR! BYES! Arhh, the frustration grows bigger for SRH as the ball beats both the batter and the keeper for a boundary. SIX! Swept across the line and KKR is just minutes away from getting its third title. 12 off this over. 

Natarajan continues. Natarajan to Venkatesh, FOUR! Venkatesh can not slow down today. He is unstoppable! Short ball, Iyer makes room for himself and cuts toward point. FOUR! Another boundary, this time pulled away nicely at deep mid-wicket. SIX! This one sailed over the crowd for a big maximum. FOUR! Lucky outside edge as luck favours the brave. 20 off this over as the required run rate has dropped down to 3.0 rpo. 

Pat Cummins comes back into the attack. Cummins to Gurbaz, FOUR! Short ball, into the body and Gurbaz Sviwels pull for a boundary. This takes KKR to 50. 6 off this over as KKR just need 62 off 90 deliveries now. 

T. Natarajan comes in place for Pat Cummins. He starts with a wide. Natarajan to Gurbaz, FOUR! Full-length ball, on off and an outside edge-induced shot give Gurbaz a boundary. A wide and three singles give KKR nine off this over. 

Bhuvneshwar continues. Bhuvi to Venkatesh, FOUR! Ah, poor delivery by Bhuvi, dangling down the leg and Venkatesh just plays it fine towards fine-leg to start the over with a boundary, also getting off the mark. SIX! This time he goes aerial, down the ground for a maximum. SIX! Venkatesh is in some hurry, this time over long-on. 20 off this over. 

Pat Cummins from the other end. Cummins to Narine, SIX! A welcome boundary for Narine who starts his innings with a maximum. Short and pulled away nicely over deep mid-wicket. OUT! Cummins has the last laugh as he draws first blood! Another short, cramps Narine who miscued his pull and Shahbaz completed a clean catch. 

WICKET | Narine c Shahbaz Ahmed b Cummins 6(2)

Venkatesh Iyer is the new batter in at no. three. A wasteful wide and a single puts Gurbaz back on the strike. Cummins to Gurbaz, FOUR! Gurbaz lofts it over cover to get the second boundary of this over. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the white-new ball, Gurbaz has the strike. Swing and a miss, Bhuvi gets good movement off the air as he shapes the ball out for the right-hander. FOUR! Short and on off, cracked on offside by Gurbaz. Just one wide as Bhuvi gives five from his first over. 

Sunil Narine and Rahmanullah Gurbaz walk out for the chase. Pat Cummins lead his boys out. SRH need to do something special in wants to stay in the hunt. 

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KKR vs SRH, IPL 2024: What is the lowest total successfully defended in an IPL final?

Kolkata Knight Riders bowled out Sunrisers Hyderabad for a paltry total of 113 in the final of IPL 2024 in Chennai on Sunday.

Russell replaces Harshit. THAT’S DONE AND DUSTED! CUMMINS DEPARTS! On the full, he tried to loft if over the long on fielder but manages to find him. Starc completes an easy catch as SRH registers the lowest total ever in an IPL final!

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KKR vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad registers lowest score in IPL final against Kolkata Knight Riders

The previous low was 125 for nine by Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians during the 2013 final.

Narine continues. Two singles off as many balls. That turned quite a bit! Unadkat is beaten all ends up. Huge shouts for an LBW but the umpire thinks otherwise. DRS taken and it is spot on! Three reds and Unadkat has to walk back! 

Harshit continues. Just a single conceded off the first three balls. Harshit is using the slower balls to perfection, another slower bouncer as Cummins takes a double. Full outside off, Cummins takes full advantage and goes big, Russell tries his best to stop it from sailing over the ropes but fails, SIX! 

Narine replaces Varun. Length ball down the leg side, Cummins tries to reverse pull and misses but it it takes a deflection off his leg and runs away towards the boundary rope. SHOCKER! Starc drops an absolute sitter as Cummins gets a lifeline! The SRH skipper swung hard at the ball but mistimed it. Strategic timeout taken.. 

Harshit replaces Russell and that’s a wicket! The KKR bowlers are running throught SRH’s batting unit. It was wide outside off, Klaasen tried to loft over covers but chops it on to the stumps! Jaydev Unadkat comes in next. Hint of swing there as Harshit traps Unadkat leg before, huge shout from the bowler but the umpire is unmoved. DRS taken. Impact is outside leg stump and KKR loses a review. Maiden wicket!

Heinrich Klaasen b Harshit Rana 16 (17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 94.11

Varun continues. Cheeky from Cummins, he scoops one over the keeper to collect a FOUR! He tries another scoop but it it misses both the batter and the keeper, one byes. Eight runs came from that over 

Russell continues. Three runs off the first two deliveries including a double. Samad and Klaasen will look to stay in the middle as long as possible and take SRH at least past the 120-run mark. AND JUST AS WE SPEAK RUSSELL STRIKES AGAIN! That was bowled wide outside off, angled away from Samad, who tried to drive it through covers but edges it to Gurbaz behind the stumps! Skipper Cummins is the next batter in. And he gets off the mark in style, this was once again bowled outside off, Cummins gets the connection right as he picked the gap to perfection to get a FOUR! 

Abdul Samad c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Russell 4 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

Varun Chakravarthy is in to bowl his first over of the night, replaces Narine. Superb over so far, just one run off the first four balls. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST! Shahbaz tried to sweep but the ball straightened just a bit as it takes an edge and Narine makes no mistake in completing the catch! Abdul Samad comes in next as the impact sub, replaces Head. Two runs and a wicket in the over 

Shahbaz Ahmed c Narine b Varun 8 (7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 114.28

Andre Russell replaces Harshit. AND HE STRIKES IN HIS SECOND DELIVERY! Markram tried to go big but doesn’t get the desired elevation as he hits it straight to Starc at long on! Shahbaz Ahmed is the next batter in. Short from Russell, Shahbaz swings hard at it and misses. SIX! Short again but this time its directed towards Shahbaz’ body, he tries to pull it, manages to edge it over the keeper for a maximum

Markram c Starc b Russell 20 (23b 3x4 0x6) SR: 86.95

Narine to Klaasen, a single to long on. Markram slaps to deep cover; one run taken. Klaasen stays in his crease for a delivery turning in, one run to long on. Just three of the over.

Rana again. Edged and FOUR! Klaasen gets an edge but there is no slip. Seven runs from the over.

Sunil Narine for his first over. Markram drives to deep covers for one run. Heinrich Klaasen gets off the mark with a single to long on. Two singles off the final two deliveries makes it four from the over.

Harshit Rana into the attack now. FOUR! A loose delivery to start, too wide and Nitish slaps it away past point. Nitish takes a single to third man on the second delivery. A slower delivery for Markram, cuts it through covers for one. WICKET! Rana induces an edge on the final delivery, it full and Nitish misses his drive. SRH in a spot of bother here.

Nitish Kumar Reddy c Gurbaz b Harshit 13 (10)

Arora to Markram, FOUR! Whacks it over covers. FOUR again! An identical shot, width on offer and the ball hits the rope on the bounce. Danger! Markram takes a risky single to mid off, has to dive to get in. SIX! A bouncer lacking direction, Nitish hooks it over fine leg. A single to mid off to end the over.

Starc to Tripathi, beaten! Tries to chase this wide delivery, fails to connect with his slash. OUT! Starc gets Tripathi now! A leading edge off an attempted flick, Ramandeep gets under it and takes it.

Rahul Tripathi c Ramandeep b Starc 9 (13)

Nitish Kumar Reddy taps to third man to get off the mark. Markram gets a single with a drive to deep covers.

Vaibhav Arora starts his next with two wides. A single for Tripathi off the first delivery to mid off. Markram clips the third to mid wicket to get one run. Tripathi charges down the track but fails to connect. The next is wide down the leg side. A quick single with a tap on the off side for Tripathi is the final run of the over. 

Starc to Tripathi, FOUR! On the pads and the batter helps it on its way to fine leg. A single through mid wicket on the second delivery. Aiden Markram defends his first delivery. FOUR! A thick outside edge and the ball flies past the slip fielder. 

It will be Vaibhav Arora from the other end. Tripathi on strike. An outside edge on the first delivery but it does not carry to the keeper. Tripathi shuffles to rattle the bowler on the third, he looks to go over mid off, fails to connect clean, dot ball. Two leg byes for Tripathi on the fourth. Tripathi clips the fifth on the up to deep square leg for one. GONE! A golden duck for Travis Head! Vaibhav Arora, you beauty. Just tails the ball away from the left-hander from over the wicket. Head cannot help but poke at it and hand an edge.

Travis Head c Gurbaz b Vaibhav 0 (1)

Starc to Abhishek, beaten! A hint of outswing, Abhishek chases but misses. The second is past the outside edge too. Again, it is the outswing delivery. The third is a dot, slapped towards covers. CHANCE for RUNOUT! Abhishek cuts to third man and wants to come back for two. He puts in a dive but had Gurbaz hit the wickets, Abhishek was gone. BOWLED! Peach of a delivery! No chance of connecting to that. It is on the off-stump line and angling in, until it leaves the batter and clips the top of off. Jaffa! 

Abhishek Sharma b Starc 2 (5)

Rahul Tripathi picks a single off his first delivery.

Mitchell Starc takes the new ball for KKR. It is the usual pair Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head for SRH.

We will have the Indian national anthem before the start of play today. 

The last five finals have seen the winner of the first qualifier win the IPL final too. Can Sunrisers Hyderabad break that trend today?

IPL Winners (So far in Finals)

Batting 1st - 9 times 

Batting 2nd - 7 times

The red clay tends to have a lot more bounce than the black one. I think it could be a 180-190-pitch. There is not going to be a lot of spin. The cutters will play a part for seamers.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar

Kolkata Knight Riders: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan

We would have bowled first. This is a completely different soil [than the Eliminator]. We wanted to back that. We need to stick to the [strengths, and need to execute our plans. We have been backing each other. Whenever we have been put under pressure, we have worked out well. There has been jitteriness right from the start [of the day]. This is a big game. Lots of individuals who are playing their first final. There is nervousness. Hopefully we can win this one. We are going with the same team.

Looks like a good wicket, never good at reading wickets. But this looks fine. There was no dew the other night, doesn’t seem there will be today, but who knows. We are playing a particular style, won’t work every time but when it does, it will be damaging. Good to be back here. It is a different soil, but you are asking the wrong bloke. Shahbaz comes in for Samad

Pat Cummins wins the toss and SRH elects to bat first. 

Kolkata Knight Riders 

Bat 1st: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.

Bowl 1st: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.

Impact Player options: Vaibhav Arora/Rinku Singh, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, KS Bharat.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Bat 1st: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aiden Markram, Nitesh Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan.

Bowl 1st: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aiden Markram, Nitesh Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T. Natarajan.

Impact Player options: Rahul Tripathi/Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Glenn Phillips.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Shreyas Iyer (c), Srikar Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sakib Hussain, Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

Jaydev Unadkat, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Pat Cummins (c), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Abdul Samad, Akash Maharaj Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga.

Although Chepauk is known for its slow and turning tracks which favour the slower bowlers, stats give a different picture. In 82 matches played at the ground, the tweakers have picked 352 wickets at an average of 27 and an economy a tad over seven. In comparison, pacers have got 562 wickets at an almost identical average but a slightly higher rate of 8.42.

Even in IPL 2024, pacers have 65 wickets in eight matches at this ground to spinners’ 22.

2016 - Beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs

2018 - Lost to Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets

Played - 2

Won - 1

Loss - 1

Last Final - Lost to Chennai Super Kings by eight runs (2018)

Highest Score - 208/7 in 20 overs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (2016)

Lowest Score - 178/6 in 20 overs vs Chennai Super Kings (2018)

1. MS Dhoni (CSK) - 8 in 11 innings (as a wicket-keeper)

2. Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) - 6 in 8 innings

3. Suresh Raina (CSK) - 6 in 8 innings

1. Anil Kumble (RCB) - 4/16 in four overs vs Deccan Chargers (2009)

2. Dwayne Bravo (CSK) - 4/42 in four overs vs MI (2013)

3. Karanveer Singh (KXIP) - 4/54 in four overs vs KKR (2014)

4. R Ashwin (CSK) - 3/16 in four overs vs RCB (2011)

Pat Cummins has been on a trophy-winning spree as captain since June last year, and as another prospective title – the Indian Premier League (IPL) - looms, the Australian skipper admitted with a smirk that the glorious run will run its course eventually.

“The run has got to stop at some point. It has been a great couple of years. I haven’t captained in any T20 cricket before this series, so I wasn’t too sure what to expect. Obviously, the T20 game is quite fast paced. But drawing on ODI captaincy last year, it didn’t feel too foreign,” the Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper said on the eve of the summit clash against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai. 

1. Shane Watson (CSK) - 117* vs SRH (2018)

2. Wriddhiman Saha (KXIP) - 115* vs KKR (2014)

3. B Sai Sudharsan (GT) - 96 vs CSK (2023)

4. Murali Vijay (CSK) - 95 vs RCB (2011)

Which TV channel will broadcast Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 Final match?

The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 Final match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India.

How can one watch the live streaming of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 Final match online?

The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 Final match will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.

Played: 13

Won: 6

Lost: 7

Last Result: Beat RR by 36 runs (IPL 2024, Chennai) - Qualifier 2

Played: 14

Won: 9

Lost: 5

Last Result: beat SRH by eight wickets (IPL 2024, Ahmedabad)

Played: 4

Kolkata Knight Riders: 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2

Last Result: KKR beat SRH by eight wickets (IPL 2024, Ahmedabad) - Qualifier 1

Played: 27

Kolkata Knight Riders: 17

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 9

Tied: 1

Last Result: KKR beat SRH by eight wickets (IPL 2024, Ahmedabad) - Qualifier 1

In 2014, the Gautam Gambhir-led KKR clinched its second trophy after beating the George Bailey-led Kings XI Punjab, in the final at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 

SRH last won the title in 2016, when it beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final by eight runs in a high-scoring thriller. 

Welcome to Sportstar’s Live Blog of the IPL final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad set to happen at the Chepauk.