IPL 2024, SRH vs KKR Final: 1st Innings Highlights: The final match of IPL 2024 is being played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium Chepauk today (26 May). Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved wrong.

Hyderabad batted first and were all out for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. Pat Cummins scored the highest 24 runs for the team.

SRH vs KKR: Sunrisers Hyderabad lost 3 wickets in the powerplay

Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered an early blow in the very first over of the innings when Abhishek Sharma (2) was bowled by a brilliant delivery from Mitchell Starc.

AN ABSOLUTE RIPPER!

As spectacular as it gets from Mitchell Starc ⚡️

He gets the in-form Abhishek Sharma early 🔥

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Vaibhav Arora then gave the team a big success by dismissing Travis Head on a golden duck in the second over. After which Rahul Tripathi lost his wicket on 9 runs by playing a wrong shot. Ramandeep Singh took a brilliant catch at mid-wicket on Starc’s ball. Hyderabad scored 40 runs after losing 3 wickets in the powerplay.

Markram, Reddy and Shahbaz also failed to perform

Harshit Rana took the wicket of Nitish Kumar Reddy (13) in the first over of his spell today. After three consecutive slower balls, Harshit bowled a full length ball at the speed of 146. Nitish Kumar Reddy tried to drive. But he got an outside edge and wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz took a brilliant catch.

Later, Andre Russell dismissed Aiden Markram (20) in the 11th over and Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Shahbaz Ahmed (8) in the 12th over.

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Abdul Samad, who came in as an impact player, could not do anything special, he was out against Andre Russell after scoring 4 runs in 4 balls.

Edged and taken!

The impact player now departs for #SRH as Andre Russell takes his second wicket!

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SRH vs KKR: Harshit Rana bowled Heinrich Klaasen

Harshit Rana gave a big blow to Hyderabad by dismissing Heinrich Klaasen in the 15th over of the innings. Klaasen tried to drive a slow ball but the ball hit the inside edge and collided with the stumps. Heinrich Klaasen was able to score only 16 runs in 17 balls with the help of one four.

Captain Pat Cummins played the highest innings for the team with 24 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours and a six.

Andre Russell took the most wickets

Andre Russell took the maximum of 3 wickets by giving 19 runs in 2.3 overs. He took the wickets of Aiden Markram (20), Abdul Samad (4) and Pat Cummins (24). Mitchell Starc and Harshit Rana took 2-2 wickets. While Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narayan and Varun Chakraborty took 1-1 wickets.