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Venkatesh Iyer, Starc Drub SRH As KKR Lifts IPL 2024 To End Title-Drought

Shreyas Iyer ecstatic after KKR's IPL 2024 win over SRH (BCCI)Shreyas Iyer ecstatic after KKR's IPL 2024 win over SRH (BCCI)

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 113 all out (18.3 overs) [Pat Cummins: 24* (19), Aiden Markram: 20 (23); Andre Russell 3/19 (2.3), Mitchell Starc 2/14 (3)] lost to Kolkata Knight Riders: 114-2 (10.3 overs) [Venkatesh Iyer: 52* (26), Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 39 (32); Pat Cummins 1/18 (2), Shahbaz Ahmed 1/22 (2.3)] by eight wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) marched onto their third title victory and their first in nearly a decade after pummelling Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the IPL 2024 final at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium.


Mitchell Starc, Andre Russell fold up SRH for 113

The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), having recorded three of IPL’s four all-time highest totals this season, managed to conjure just 113 runs on the night of the final against KKR’s rampaging bowlers.

For starters, KKR’s pace spearhead Mitchell Starc knocked over Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi with the new-ball while dangerman Travis Head was removed by Vaibhav Arora for a first-ball duck. At 21-3, Aiden Markram (20 off 23 balls) led SRH’s brief recovery alongside Nitish Kumar Reddy (13) before their sudden dismissals triggered yet another batting collapse.

Andre Russell took three wickets in the innings to finish with figures of 3-19 while pace mate Harshit Rana struck twice from his end in his four-over spell. Spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy also chipped in with a wicket each as SRH folded up for just 113 in 18.3 overs.

Venkatesh Iyer mows down SRH as KKR seize third IPL

Chasing 114, KKR lost opener Sunil Narine in just the second over of the innings after he was cramped for room by SRH skipper Pat Cummins. Unfazed by the early strike, KKR’s number three Venkatesh Iyer led his team’s run-scoring charge by forming a 91-run second-wicket partnership with Afghanistan-based opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39 off 32 balls).

Venkatesh himself bashed 52 unbeaten runs from just 26 balls, and scored the winning run alongside captain Shreyas Iyer with eight wickets and more than nine overs still intact in the game.

The outcome marked KKR’s third IPL title and their first since winning the 2014 edition.