Led by brilliant spells from Andre Russell (3-19), Mitchell Starr (2-14) and Harshit Rana (2-24), KKR bowlers bowled out SRH for just 113 runs, the lowest total in an IPL final. The score is. In reply, led by Venkatesh Iyer's unbeaten 52 off 2 balls, the batsmen achieved the total in just 10.3 overs and won the IPL title in Chennai for the second time.
Chasing 114, KKR lost Sunil Narine cheaply when he fell too early to Pat Cummins and was caught with a thick edge at deep midwicket after hitting a pulled six. Venkatesh counter-attacked by hitting two consecutive sixes on Bhuvneshwar Kumar and then hit a four to take 20 runs in the third over.
From the other end, Rahmanullah Gurbaz got his cut and lofted to take two fours, followed by two more fours through the outside edges.Venkatesh hit consecutive fours off T Natarajan, then flicked the left-arm pacer to take six and four runs respectively, taking KKR to 72/1 at the end of the power-play, the highest in any match. Also has the highest score in. The six-over phase of the IPL final.
Gurbaz swept Shahbaz Ahmed for six runs and trapped the left-arm spinner for another maximum, either side of the ball to pull Jayde Unadkat for four runs. But Shahbaz achieved the last success by dismissing Gurba LBW.
Shreyas Iyer opened his account by reverse sweeping Shahbaz for four before Venkatesh brought up his half-century in 24 balls and completed the chase with a single to clinch the third IPL title for KKR.This is the first time that Shreyas has become an IPL-winning captain in his second attempt after being dropped from the Test team and BCCI's central contract earlier this year.
Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 113/2 in 18.3 overs (Pat Cummins 24, Ed Markram 20; Andre Russell 3-19, Mitchell Starc 2-14) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 in 10.3 overs (Venkatesh Iyer 52 not out, Rahmanullah Gurbaz ) 39 Pat Cummins 1-18, Shahbaz Ahmed 1-22) by eight wickets.
Chasing 114, KKR lost Sunil Narine cheaply when he fell too early to Pat Cummins and was caught with a thick edge at deep midwicket after hitting a pulled six. Venkatesh counter-attacked by hitting two consecutive sixes on Bhuvneshwar Kumar and then hit a four to take 20 runs in the third over.
From the other end, Rahmanullah Gurbaz got his cut and lofted to take two fours, followed by two more fours through the outside edges.Venkatesh hit consecutive fours off T Natarajan, then flicked the left-arm pacer to take six and four runs respectively, taking KKR to 72/1 at the end of the power-play, the highest in any match. Also has the highest score in. The six-over phase of the IPL final.
Gurbaz swept Shahbaz Ahmed for six runs and trapped the left-arm spinner for another maximum, either side of the ball to pull Jayde Unadkat for four runs. But Shahbaz achieved the last success by dismissing Gurba LBW.
Shreyas Iyer opened his account by reverse sweeping Shahbaz for four before Venkatesh brought up his half-century in 24 balls and completed the chase with a single to clinch the third IPL title for KKR.This is the first time that Shreyas has become an IPL-winning captain in his second attempt after being dropped from the Test team and BCCI's central contract earlier this year.
Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 113/2 in 18.3 overs (Pat Cummins 24, Ed Markram 20; Andre Russell 3-19, Mitchell Starc 2-14) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 in 10.3 overs (Venkatesh Iyer 52 not out, Rahmanullah Gurbaz ) 39 Pat Cummins 1-18, Shahbaz Ahmed 1-22) by eight wickets.
