Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off in the Indian Premier League 2024 championship game on Sunday at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. These teams faced off in the Qualifier 1 last Tuesday, which KKR won handily. They also placed first and second in the group stage. Continue reading for a preview of this game. 19:30 local time is when the final starts.
Since the tournament’s 42nd match, KKR has not dropped a game, and team confidence is quite strong. Despite Phil Salt’s return to the UK interrupting their first partnership, they have a strong successor and will be confident in their prospects of winning this final.
After suffering a crushing defeat in the first qualifier on Tuesday, Sunrisers Hyderabad rallied to get to the final on Friday in Chepauk with a superb effort. They will be extremely difficult to defeat on Sunday because of their reckless style of cricket play.
Even though the KKR team is injury-free, there may be some changes made before this final because the conditions in Chepauk are different from those in Ahmedabad during Qualifier 1. Spinners will probably be discussed about both the impact role and the XI.
The all-around player Sunil Narine appears to be a strong contender for Player of the Tournament. In the championship game, he would play unconventional shots but try to attack right away. This season, Shreyas Iyer, the captain, has had an easier time leading some of these guys. He played an outstanding innings in Qualifier 1 to win with 58 not out from 24 balls.
The seasoned left-arm fast Mitchell Starc, who claimed the wickets of Travis Head, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Shahbaz Ahmed on Tuesday, is in excellent form going into the championship match. In Qualifier 1, spinner Varun Chakravarty took two more wickets to his season total. He will be relishing the opportunity to bowl alongside the same guys in this encounter.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squads
Shreyas Iyer (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana
Before or after their Qualifier 2 on Friday, Sunrisers Hyderabad had no concerns about injuries, and we anticipate that the same players will be employed throughout the game as they did against the Rajasthan Royals. The fact that Pat Cummins’ team is playing here in Chepauk on Friday might be advantageous as well.
Heinrich Klaasen, Sunrisers may have easily failed to record a sufficient target if it weren’t for the South African’s runs on Friday. In this IPL, he is averaging 42.09. In the Qualifier 2, Abhishek Sharma, an all-round player, was out after just one over, but not before scoring twelve runs! As demonstrated on Friday when he took 2/24, he will also pose a threat with the ball.
The left-arm fast-medium bowler T Natarajan is a very skilled and astute campaigner. He gave up just 13 runs in his three overs against the Rajasthan Royals and possesses a great variety of slower balls. The game-winning left-arm spin of Shahbaz Ahmed, the impact player, may win the match once more in the finale. He helped with both bat and ball in the victory over Rajasthan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squads
Pat Cummins (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, T.Natarajan, Aiden Markram, Jaydev Unadkat, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Match Details | ||
Match | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Final | IPL, 2024 | |
Date | 26/05/2024 (Sunday) | |
Time | 19:00 (GMT+5) / 19:30 (GMT+5.5) / 20:00 (GMT+6) | |
Format | T20 | |
Venue | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | |
Recent performance | Kolkata Knight Riders – W NR NR W W | Sunrisers Hyderabad – W L W L W |
Live Streaming Details | Click here to watch the Live Streaming Score on JeetBuzz News | |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
If Sunrisers Hyderabad wins the toss ahead of this final at the MA Chidambaram, we expect both captains to opt to bat first after they successfully defended a total in Qualifier 2 at this location on Friday.
We should be able to play the entire match of cricket without any weather interruptions thanks to the clear outlook for the grand finale.
There are reports that the two teams will play a red soil wicket in the championship match, but the surface for the second qualifier on Friday had an irregular speed.
In the last five matches between these two teams, KKR won three games whereas SRH won two games.
Winning the toss
Player of the Match
Most runs
Most wickets
Most sixes
Team Scores Batting First
According to cricket analysts, Kolkata Knight Riders have a 53% chance of winning.
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