The 'Big Match Starc' turned up once again during a knockout game, with his fiery powerplay spell setting the tone for KKR's all-round domination of a strong Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) line-up and team's third title win, their first since 2014.
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Following Kolkata Knight Riders victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2024 Final, left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc hailed the young uncapped Indian seamer Harshit Rana for his outstanding bowling performance in the 17th edition of the cash-rich league.
KKR clinched the IPL 2024 title with a dominating all-round performance against SRH in the final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. KKR scripted an encore to lift their third trophy.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer gave a special mention to the "heartbeat" of the team, co-owner Shah Rukh Khan following their IPL 2024 triumph.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins admitted that they failed to get enough runs on the board and would have stayed in the final if they reached 160 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk.
An all-round performance from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), including fiery spells by Mitchell Starc and Andre Russell and a half-century by Venkatesh Iyer, helped the Purple and Gold side secure their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title and their first in 10 years as they defeated Sunris
Sunrisers, which set the T20 cricketing world on fire with their fierce hitting, sky-high run-rates, largely due to the opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, got the taste of its own medicine. In a battle of two big buys, the Australian stars Cummins (20.5 crores for SRH) and S
During the title clash, both openers continued their poor run in the knockout stage, with Abhishek cleaned up by Mitchell Starc for two runs in five balls while Travis was caught behind for a golden duck by pacer Vaibhav Arora.
Head was dismissed for a duck by Starc in the qualifier one at Ahmedabad on May 21. In four outings, Starc has allowed Head to make just one run against him. Head has been dismissed for three ducks by Starc.
Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, former Australian cricketer Tom Moody said that opener Travis Head will try to be careful against left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc as he dismissed him in the Qualifier 1.