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
Former Australia skipper and Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting gave his take on the IPL performance of some key Australian players with an eye on the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
On Sunday, just after KKR lifted the trophy under Shreyas Iyer's captaincy, the first-ever video was made to Salt, who had formed a formidable opening pair with Sunil Narine before he departed back home for a T20I series against Pakistan, which started on May 22 and will go on till May 30
After struggling in the first half of the Indian Premier League (2024), which concluded on Sunday with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) getting their third title, Starc's reputation as a T20 bowler was subjected to a lot of trolling, questions and memes and many wondered if his hefty price tag of
Australia's T20 World Cup 2024 squad's core members such as Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Travis Head will miss their national side warm-up matches as they will travel back to Australia to take a short break ahead of the mega event.
The official handle of KKR acknowledged Venkatesh's playoff heroics, tweeting, "THE ONLY PLAYER IN #TATA IPL HISTORY TO SCORE 4 CONSECUTIVE 50s IN THE PLAYOFFS - VENKATESH IYER. ACKNOWLEDGE THE CLUTCH CHIEF!."
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.
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