Mitchell Starc bowled a length ball on the middle stump which got a lot of swing and beat Abhishek Sharma and hit the stumps.
IPL Final, KKR vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad, who won the toss and batted first in the final match of IPL 2024, were bowled out for just 113 runs. This is the lowest score in an IPL final. Andre Russell took the maximum of 3 wickets for Kolkata. Mitchell Starc and Harshit Rana took two wickets each.
Pat Cummins scored the highest 24 runs for Hyderabad. The remaining batsmen were Travis Head 00, Abhishek Sharma 02 and Rahul Tripathi were out after scoring 9 runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored 16 runs and Aiden Markram scored 20 runs. Not a single Hyderabad batsman could score big against KKR bowlers.
Mitchell Starc bowled “IPL 2024 Ball of the Tournament”
Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma came to the crease. Head did not want to face Mitchell Starc because he had clean bowled Head in the last match. In such a situation, Abhishek Sharma took the strike, however instead of Head, he became the victim of Mitchell Starc. Starc made headlines by bowling a brilliant ball and dismissing Abhishek Sharma in the very first over. It was an absolutely brilliant delivery, to which Abhishek had no answer.
In fact, Mitchell Starc bowled a length ball on the middle stump which got a lot of swing and beat Abhishek Sharma and hit the stumps.
Video: Watch a glimpse of the IPL 2024 Ball of the Tournament
AN ABSOLUTE RIPPER!
As spectacular as it gets from Mitchell Starc ⚡️
He gets the in-form Abhishek Sharma early 🔥
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Mitchell Starc bowled only 3 overs for KKR. In these 3 overs, he took 2 wickets and conceded 14 runs. He took his first wicket in the form of Abhishek Sharma, while Rahul Tripathi was his second victim.