KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Final:
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, which has been going on for over two months, has come to an end. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are all set to battle it out in the final battle for the title today (May 26). With an aggressive brand of play to send home 8 teams, these two teams are all set to battle it out for the IPL season 17 trophy. The IPL 20204 season final will be played between Hyderabad and Kolkata today (May 26) at Chepauk MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. These are the details of this final battle.
Will KKR catch after ten years?
In this IPL 2024 season, Kolkata Knight Riders have been sensational with their aggressive play. Ex-captain Gautam Gambhir coming as a mentor. Last year’s captain Shreyas Iyer returned for this season. Apart from standing at the top of the points table in the league stage, Sunrisers defeated Hyderabad in Qualifier-1 and entered the final. This is the fourth IPL final for Kolkata Knight Riders team. After 2012, 2024, 2021 again now that team has reached this 2024 final. KKR won titles in 2012 and 2014. Today in the final aiming to become the IPL champion again after ten years.
Under Iyer’s captaincy, Kolkata Knight Riders have looked strong in all departments this season. This season, Sunil Narine’s batting boom is coming together better than his bowling. The rest of the batsmen including Venkatesh Iyer, captain Shreyas Iyer and Andre Russell also excelled at times of need. The support of mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty, Mitchell Starc, who is the most expensive player in the history of IPL, coming into from with Qualifier-1 are positive factors for KKR.
Risers for second title
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the title in 2016 under the captaincy of David Warner. However, they have failed to make at least the playoffs in the last three seasons. Last year’s 2023 was a disappointing finish at the bottom of the points table. However, SRH has come together to take Australian star Pat Cummins as the captain for this 2024 season. He was very aggressive in team. With the arrived of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma being in great form, Heinrich Klaasen stirring up dust and Nitish Sharma excelling at crucial times, this season has all come together for Hyderabad. Risers’ batting went on to make the opposition teams run aways. At the same time, SRH became an aggressive carafe by achieving the highest score in the IPL twice in the same season. Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar, Unadkat and Captain Cummins are also excelling in bowling. Abhishek and Shahbaz Ahmed’s brilliant bowling in Qualifier-2 at Chepauk was a plus for the final.
Hyderabad will enter the arena determined to defeat Kolkata in the Qualifier-1 in the final. There is a chance to continue the aggressive play. Sunrisers will enter the final with the aim of winning the title after a total of eight years.
Prediction of final teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, who are in full swing, are unlikely to make charges in the final teams for the IPL 2024 final. Hyderabad Final Squad (Estimated); Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shehbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (captain), Jaydev Unadkat, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Natarajan is expected to play as an impact player. If Hyderabad bowls first and Natarajan is in the final team, there is a chance to be a head impact player while batting.
Kolkata Knight Riders Final Squad (Estimated); Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.
There are chances that Nitish Rana and Vaibhav Arora will be converted as impact players depending on what they do if they don’t bat first.
Head-to-Head
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have faced each other in 27 matches in IPL. In this, Kolkata won 18 times…. Hyderabad won 9 times. If they have faced each other four times in the IPL playoffs, each has won twice.
The IPL 2024 final between Kolkata and Hyderabad will start today (May 26) at 7:30 PM The toss will be at 7PM. You can watch this match live on Star Sports Network TV channels and Jio Cinema OTT platform.