In the IPL 2024 final, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the trophy. Mitchell Starc has a big role in this victory of the franchise. Starc bowled Abhishek Sharma in the very first over. Then he also took the wicket of Rahul Tripathi.

The ball that Mitchell Starc bowled to Abhishek Sharma has become a topic of discussion in the cricket world. Matthew Hayden has given a big statement by calling that ball of Starc as the ball of the IPL.

This was bound to be the best ball of IPL – Matthew Hayden

Former Australian player Matthew Hayden is not tired of praising Mitchell Starc’s brilliant bowling in the playoff stage of IPL 2024. Talking on Star Sports about the ball that Starc bowled against Abhishek Sharma, Hayden said, ‘The moment that ball left Mitchell Starc’s hand, the game was over. It was destined to be the best ball of the IPL – absolutely brilliant at a crucial time.’

Former England player Kevin Pietersen was also seen praising Mitchell Starc’s performance. He said, ‘For most of the season In the last two weeks, Mitchell Starc has been bowling at around 136-137 kmph. But in the last two weeks, he has crossed the 140 kmph mark, which is his normal speed. We didn’t see him swinging the ball for the first seven or eight weeks of the tournament. But recently, he has managed to get his wrist in the right place and started swinging the ball back.

Mitchell Starc was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 24.75 crore in the IPL 2024 auction. But his performance in the league stage was not very good, he also had to face criticism. The management backed Starc and he showed amazing performance in big matches like Qualifier-1 and Final. In Qualifier-1, he took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs. In the final, he took two wickets for 14 runs in 3 overs. He won the Player of the Match title in both the matches.