IPL Final 2024, KKR vs SRH Highlights: Kolkata cruise to third IPL title, beat Sunrisers by eight wickets

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: We have seen quite a lot of great performances from the captains this season. We have also seen a lot of drama around captains this season as well. Have your say.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: This is the fourth time KKR are playing in the IPL final. The first time they made it there was in 2012 where they beat Chennai Super Kings by five wickets at the Chepauk Stadium to win their first title. Then they reached the final in 2014 and beat the Kings XI Punjab at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Both of these title wins came with Gautam Gambhir as captain. Then they reached the final of the 2021 season, the one that had been paused for a few months due to Covid-19. When the season restarted, KKR were a different side altogether and they went from being dead and buried, all the way to the IPL final. However, they lost this time to CSK by 27 runs.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: The wicket at Chepauk will assist spinners and in Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, KKR have two of the very best from the competition. While Narine is the most restrictive spinner this season with an economy rate of just 6.9 – which is outstanding in a tournament where bat has dominated ball, Chakravarthy has elevated his game in the last five matches and is currently the leading wicket-taker amongst spinners in this edition.

What makes this contest even more riveting is Klaasen’s domination against both Narine and Chakravarthy. The South African superstar has smashed the leg spinner for 31 runs in 15 deliveries at a strike rate of 206.7 while getting dismissed once in three innings. He has taken Narine for 30 off 18 deliveries without giving away his wicket even once in four innings to the off spinner.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Heinrich Klaasen is rated as the best finisher in contemporary white-ball cricket. He is destructive against spin and has a strike rate of 189.5 against the slower bowlers in the tournament. Klaasen has also smashed 38 sixes which are the joint second-most this season.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Anybody who has lived in Chennai would know the sheer majesty of the clear sky in the city when the sun sets. We are having that right now at the Chepauk Stadium. It is all simmering up nicely.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: While there are fables written about his batting prowess, Andre Russell is amongst the most underrated bowlers in T20 cricket. He has an outstanding record in the IPL where he has bagged 112 wickets at a strike rate of 15 – the best in the history of the tournament for all bowlers with a minimum of 100 wickets!

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Abhishek hasn't had too much joy against Russell. The veteran all-rounder has dismissed the young opener twice in nine deliveries (in 4 innings) while also keeping the run-scoring in check. Sharma has managed to score just 11 runs at a strike rate of 122.2 against Russell.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Cummins had become the most expensive player in IPL auction history for a brief while before KKR smashed that record to pieces by signing his Australia mate Mitchell Starc. While Cummins' impact on SRH has been felt throughout the season, Starc has taken some time to bring out the goods for KKR. But his class has come out at last in the final matches of the season. Starc took four wickets against Mumbai Indians and in the qualifier, he was a game changer against SRH. Starc took three wickets in the powerplay and SRH never really recovered from it.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Regardless of whether it is present or not, dew always has an impact at the Chepauk. SRH squeezed the life out of the RR innings after the latter chose to bat first expecting some assistance from dew later this evening. They can't be blamed, dew is normally a big factor at the Chepauk and so it still can't be said for sure if it will make its presence felt today or not.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: SRH had success at the Chepauk in the second qualifier, beating Rajasthan Royals and booking a spot in the final. They clearly were the side with more support on the night and Abhishek Sharma is hoping that there will be more of the same today.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: The last time KKR looked this good in the league stage of any season consistently was arguably when Gautam Gambhir was their captain. Now Gambhir is in the dressing room as the team's mentor. According to former KKR batter Manoj Tiwary, Gambhir deserves credit for how the team has performed this season.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: It has been a turbulent year for Shreyas Iyer and he hasn't been in the best of form this year with KKR. And yet, he has achieved something that no one can ignore. Iyer is the first captain to lead two different teams to the IPL final - Delhi Capitals in 2020 and Kolkata Knight Riders this year.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Everything Cummins touches turns to gold. It was with this belief that SRH broke the bank to buy him in the auction and that has been repaid thus far this season.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: It is not often that you get to see two sides play each other three times this season, especially when they slated to play just once in the league stage. The head to head for this season thus far stands at 2-0 with KKR winning both matches played between these two sides. In the first match, Andre Russell's unbeaten 64 off 25 balls and Phil Salt's 54 off 40 helped KKR score 208/7. In what was a preview for what is to come in the seaon, SRH ended up falling just four runs short of the mammoth target with Heinrich Klaasen scoring 63 in 29 balls. The second game between these two, Qualifier 1, was of a different kind. SRH were all out for 159 and KKR chased it down in just 13.4 overs, winning the match by eight wickets.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: KKR and SRH started this tournament with a match against each other, and that game also gave us a preview of what this season is going to be all about.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: The two longtime Australia teammates faced each other in T20 cricket for the first time in Qualifier 1. Head ended up being bowled for a two-ball duck. Can he get the better of his old mate today?

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH IPL Final Live Score: Balls have flown into the stands and out of stadiums this season as the teams went about redefining what can be considered a safe score in T20 cricket. The one with the most sixes, however, is not a big muscled up basher but a rather diminutive young Indian. Abhishek Sharma has been sensational for SRH this season and that is reflected in this list.

Abhishek Sharma - 42

Heinrich Klaasen - 38

Virat Kohli - 38

Nicholas Pooran - 36

Riyan Parag - 33

Rajat Patidar - 33

Travis Head - 32

Sunil Narine - 32

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine have been exceptional for the Knight Riders this season and have combined to take 36 wickets at an average of 24.1 and strike rate of 18.1

KKR - THE BEST SPIN UNIT IN IPL 2024

WICKETS - 36 (MOST)

AVERAGE - 24.1 (BEST)

STRIKE RATE - 18.1 (BEST)

ECONOMY - 8 (SECOND-BEST)

BALLS PER BOUNDARY - 6.5 (SECOND-BEST)

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH have blasted a sensational 175 sixes in the tournament – not only the most by any team this season but the maximum in a single edition of the IPL ever! They are followed by RCB (165 – 2024) and CSK (145- 2018). Abhishek Sharma has been in devastating form this season and smashed a record 42 sixes – the most for any batter in the tournament.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: The two finalists have played a fearless brand of cricket especially at the top of the order and dominated the powerplay with their ultra-attacking batting approach.

KKR vs SRH - DESTRUCTIVE IN THE POWERPLAY

Highest Run-Rate in the Powerplay in IPL 2024:

Sunrisers Hyderabad - 11.5

Kolkata Knight Riders - 11

Delhi Capitals - 10.7

Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 9.7

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mitchell Starc will be they key for KKR in the mega clash as he performed brilliantly in the qualifier 1 against SRH and the two-time champions would want him to send Travis Head back to the hut early once again. Starc has picked up the form in the final quarter of the season and being a big match player a lot of eyes will be on him once again.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: The top 4 team totals in IPL history have all been recorded this season and feature either SRH or KKR. SRH smashed 277/3 against the Mumbai Indians before breaking their own record and blasting a mammoth 287/3 against the Challengers. KKR posted 272/7 against the Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam while SRH again breached 250 hammering 266/7 also against the Capitals in Delhi.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Sunil Narine has been the highest impact player of the tournament and produced match-winning performances, both with the bat and ball. Narine has smashed 482 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 179.9 while also picking 17 wickets at an economy of 6.9 – which makes him the most restrictive bowler this season after Jasprit Bumrah!

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine have been exceptional for the Knight Riders this season and have combined to take 36 wickets at an average of 24.1 and strike rate of 18.1 – KKR are on top on all three counts. The wicket at Chepauk will assist the slower bowlers and this is where KKR have the edge over SRH in the final.

IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH Live Score Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad showed everyone how the fearless brand of cricket should be played in a tournament like IPL as Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma set the foundations for them match after match. The left-handed duo has been sensational at the top of the order with their ultra-attacking batting approach.

THE TRAVIS HEAD-ABHISHEK SHARMA PARTNERSHIP

Innings - 14

Runs - 689

Strike Rate - 227.4

100s - 3

50s - 2