The final match of Indian Premier League (IPL)-17 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on May 26, 2024. After about two months of dilemma, IPL got a new finalist today. This IPL has been full of ups and downs, many new players were seen shining in this league and many star players also got injured. Once again the Royal Challengers Bangalore team missed out on winning the IPL and were eliminated after losing to Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match. In the final match, Kolkata team defeated Hyderabad by eight wickets and won the IPL trophy for the third time in 2024 after 2012 and 2014.
The defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first but the situation so far proved to be completely wrong. The bowlers of two-time IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders did not allow Hyderabad to make a single run by bowling brilliantly and the entire team was all out after scoring 113 runs in 18.3 overs. Kolkata bowlers bowled brilliantly. The team’s leading Australian bowlers are Mitchell Starc (14/2), Vaibhav Arora (24/1), Harshit Rana (24/2), Sunil Narine (16/1), Andre Russell (19/3) and Varun Chakravarthy (9/1). 1) Broke the back of Hyderabad by bowling brilliantly. Only four batsmen from Hyderabad could cross the double figures. Thanks to Aiden Markram (20), Nitish Reddy (13), Heinrich Klaasen (16) and captain Pat Cummins (24), the team was able to cross 100.
Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to chase the target in the final match, did not have a good start and their opener Sunil Narine (6) was out after scoring 6 runs. After this, Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39 runs, 31 balls, five fours, two sixes), Venkatesh Iyer (52 not out, 26 balls, four fours, three sixes) and captain Shreyas Iyer (six runs not out, three balls, One four) batted brilliantly and gave the team a great victory in the final match. Kolkata achieved this small target in just 10.3 overs at the loss of two wickets.
