KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 final Highlights: Kolkata become champions for third time as Hyderabad lose big

Player of the Tournament - Sunil Narine (488 runs, 17 wickets, 8 catches)
Player of the Match in the Final - Mitchell Starc (2/14)
Emerging Player of the Year 2024 - Nitish Reddy (303 runs, 3 wickets)
Orange Cap Winner - Virat Kohli (741 runs)
Purple Cap Winner - Harshal Patel (24 wickets)
Catch of the Tournament  - Ramandeep Singh (vs LSG)
Striker of the Season - Jake Fraser-McGurk (330 runs at a strike rate of 234.04)
Highest Score - Marcus Stoinis (124* vs CSK)
Best Bowling Figures - Sandeep Sharma (5/18 vs MI)
Most 50+ scored - Virat Kohli (6)
Super Sixes of the Season - Abhishek Sharma (42)
Most Catches - Axar Patel (13)

Nitish Reddy is the winner of the Emerging Player of the tournament in IPL 2024. He scored 303 runs and took three wickets.

Jake Fraser-McGurk is the winner of the Striker of the Season award.

Abhishek Sharma wins the award for Super Sixes of the season

Great night for KKR. What a game, what a season. Probably the two most excited teams in the final, it was a great final. We have had a fantastic squad of bowlers and batters, our staff have been fantastic to get everyone peaking. We've been such a consistent side, contributions from everyone.

The presentation ceremony is underway.

Player of the Match is Mitchell Starc

Shahrukh Khan, his family and friends are taking a guard of honour at the Chepauk. He is thanking the fans for their support and greets them with his signature move.

Really happy, credit goes to Abhishek Nayar, all the credit in the world, the way he's worked for the franchise. Some contributions go unnoticed, I want to make sure they don't. He was the one who built this Indian core. We waited for 10 years, credit to the management and the coaching staff.

When GG bhai was appointed as the mentor I had messaged him and said I am very happy he's coming back to KKR, but he said that he would be happy if we are on that podium lifting the trophy.

It has been pretty tough the last two years, we didn't qualify and there has been introspection and we worked on areas which needed to be worked on. [on Rana] He has been outstanding and it's about the bowler understanding what his strengths are and when he does, it comes out beautifully on the ground. Mitch coming into the team boosted the confidence of the other youngsters. He has been one of the best bowlers in world cricket and he has been in such situations before, it's about understanding Indian conditions and once he did that, it is magic all over. They have been outstanding, spinners mature with age, both bowling in tandem has worked exceptionally for us. He has brought a totally different dimension to our batting this year and it was Gautam who insisted that Sunny open and what Sunny did was outstanding.

No words to describe [holds his tears]. It means so much. I am happy that all of us were very disciplined and worked towards one goal. This franchise has done a lot for me. It's a big gift from all of us to them.

And KKR are the champions of IPL 2024. They beat SRH by 8 wickets to win the title. They have completed mauled SRH in the final. A proper anticlimax to the high-scoring season we saw this time. KKR players are out on the ground to celebrate with the team after Venkatesh hits the winning run, a single off an inside edge behind the wicketkeeper

KKR are well on course to chase this one pretty quickly now. The fastest run-chase in an IPL final (completed 20 overs) is by Gujarat Titans in 18.1 overs against RR. This won't go that far too. KKR 93/1 after 8, need 21 from 72 balls

Venkatesh Iyer goes big against T Natarajan by smashing four consecutive boundaries in an over. Kolkata Knight Riders are on the course of a big big win. 

KKR - 72/1 in 6 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders need 42 runs in 84 balls to win the game.

KKR are easily winning this one it seems. They are 52/1 after 5 overs

KKR are coasting towards their third title at the moment. SRH literally need miracle right now and only a collapse can save them here. KKR are 46/1 after 4 overs

Cummins gets the first one for his team. He removes the dangerous Sunil Narine on the second ball of the second over. Narine hit him for a six over mid-wicket on the first one and Cummins comes back with a wicket for the team. Cummins sent mid-wicket back after that six and Narine got a leading edge on this. Shahbaz takes it with ease.

The chase is now on. KKR openers Gurbaz and Narine are out in the middle as they look to give a strong start to what should be an easy chase. Bhuvneshwar has the ball in hand and all the Sunrisers fans are behind this man right now. Can you give them a wicket, Bhuvi?

This is the lowest total in IPL final history. 

Lowest totals in IPL finals

113 SRH vs KKR in Chennai 2024

125/9 CSK vs MI in Kolkata 2013

128/6 RPS vs MI in Hyderabad 2017

129/8 MI vs RPS in Hyderabad 2017

Hyderabad have been bowled out for the lowest total in the history of IPL finals. Pat Cummins has been caught out at long on and SRH have been bowled out for 113. Cummins' stay comes to an end and the SRH fans are in distraught. What have they seen? Andre Russell picks up the final wicket, his third of the day. 

The resistance comes to an end. After showing some fight, the partnership is broken as Narine gets Unadkat out LBW

Cummins is fighting. He is not going to go down without a fight. He is at 20 from 13 balls, while SRH are at 108/8 after 17

Will this prove a little expensive? Starc has dropped Cummins at long-on. This should have been taken. Cummins tried to slog it down the ground but there was no power in it. Starc is well ahead of the ropes but puts down a sitter.

That might be the last hope of a big score disappearing. Harshit Rana gets the big fish Heinrich Klaasen, who has played on this one. A slower one as Klaasen went to drive this but it possibly came a bit slow to him. It hit the inside edge and Klaasen is gone. SRH 90/8 after 14.1

This is just not going SRH's way at all. The seventh one is down and SRH are in a deep deep hole. Abdul Samad was called in as an Impact sub and Russell takes him for just four runs. This was a fuller one that held its line. Samad played this away from his body and Gurbaz takes a good catch behind the wickets. 

Shahbaz Ahmed is GONE!!! Varun Chakaravarthy strikes now and SRH are 72/6 after 12 overs!!

Wowowowow!! Andre Russell comes into attack and takes out Aiden Markram. SRH are 62/5 in the 11th over!!!

SRH are 51/4 after 8 overs. Markram and Klaasen are key now if Sunrisers are post at least a fighting total on the board. KKR are on fire at the moment!!!

Nitish Reddy is GONE!!! Harshit Rana strikes this time and SRH are down and out at the moment!!! Wow!! KKR are already playing like champions!!

What a powerplay for KKR!!! Mitchell Starc set the stage on fire nipping out Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi while Travis Head was sent back for a golden duck by Vaibhav Arora. SRH - 40/3 after 6 overs

And Starc strikes again. His second of the day and SRH have gone three down now. This was a fuller one and angling away from the right-hander. Tripathi looked to flick it but got the leading edge up into the air which is taken by Ramandeep.

This is Travis Head's third duck in the last four innings and its not a good time for this slump in form.

Head in last four innings:

0(1) vs PBKS

0(2) vs KKR

34(28) vs RR

0(1) vs KKR

Vaibhav Arora gets the other SRH opener and their highly celebrated pair is back in the hut with only 12 balls into this final. A good delivery pitch on the leg stump and seamed away from the left-hander from over the wicket. It was too close to the body and Head had no option other than to play at it. He gets a poke at it and Gurbaz takes it behind the stumps. Head gone for a golden duck. This is a brilliant start from KKR bowlers yet again. SRH 6/2 after 2

And this man does it again. What is he upto? If it is not Head, he will get the other one. What a delivery that was. It angled in, to draw the batter in front and then swung away a bit to hit the top of off. What a start!

And the action is live now. All the talking, debates and discussions are done and now it is time for the battle between the bat and the ball. And we have a change in batting position. Abhishek and Head are out but it's Abhishek who takes the strike first. The reason is Starc, who got Head on second-ball duck in Qualifier 1 in over 1.

It's another final. It's nice to be here, it's been a very enjoyable couple of months, so hopefully we can top it off tonight and please a lot of fans. (On losing 4 & 3 wickets in the powerplay in the last two matches) We'd obviously like to lose a little bit less. We got to 170 both times without hitting the marks that we wanted to hit. That's exciting as a group and we spoke about that - we want to go out and continue to play aggressive, play positively and do what we've done the whole time. The positive is that we've been able to get to totals that's given us half a chance with a powerplay like that. So hopefully tonight we can get off to a really good start and get to a really big score. (Any advantage having played Qualifier 2 at this venue?) We'll say yes and they'll say no. We have to come prepared and we are ready to go. We had a look at it the other day, it'll be completely different. It's about making sure that we sum those conditions up as quickly as we can and communicate that well. If it's with the bat, get off to the best start we can with me and Abhi (Abhishek Sharma). If it's the ball, then Bhuvi will kickstart that for us. (Battle against Starc) We have had our battles over the years and he's won a fair few of them, hopefully knock the shine off him tonight and then we get off to a good start.

We are as excited as Ravi Shastri is. Cannot wait for this blockbuster to get underway.

SRH's Impact Subs: Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar

KKR's Impact Subs: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford

KKR's Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

SRH's Playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan

We would have bowled, we'll get a fair idea about how the pitch will play. It's a red soil and we played our last game on a similar surface. We need to stay with the present, stick to the basics and execute all our plans. Every individual is taking responsibility, this is a big game, we've plenty of people who're playing in a final for the first time, nervous, but this is also a good chance. We're going with the same team

Looks like a good wicket, never good at reading wickets. But this looks fine. There was no dew the other night, doesn't seem there will be today, but who knows. We are playing a particular style, won't work every time but when it does, it will be damaging. Good to be back here. It is a different soil, but you are asking the wrong bloke. Shahbaz comes in for Samad

Pat Cummins has won the toss and SRH will be batting first today. Shahbaz Ahmed will be in the first XI, while Abdul Samad is not in the Playing XI, Cummins confirms.

Not only because KKR look an evenly balanced side but there is some history attached here. SRH have lost both their games to KKR in the season. Of the teams who have lost all the games of a season against an opponent and met again in the final, only MI have won the summit clash. They lost to Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017 all the times but won in the final

This is one of the most important things for today - the pitch report. "It's a red soil pitch, 63m and 70m square boundaries, the straight boundary is at 77m. Red clay tends to have a lot of bounce, this is a well prepared pitch and we should have a high scoring game. The scores could range anywhere around 175-190. This is the third final at this venue and there have been high scores in both the previous games. Not a lot of spin, but significant bounce. Unconventional shots, horizontal bat shots is what the batters will look to do against spin. The groundsmen have assured that there'll be no dew tonight as well," Ian Bishop and Matthew Hayden say in their pitch report.

Kolkata Knight Riders predicted playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Sunrisers Hyderabad predicted playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan.

It would be great (winning the title) but the run's going to stop at some point. It's been a great couple of years, but I haven't captained any T20 cricket team before this series. So, I'm not too sure what to expect. It's quite fast-paced."

Kolkata Knight Riders dominantly lead the head-to-head record against Sunrisers Hyderabad with 18 wins in 27 IPL meetings.

Kolkata also beat Hyderabad in the league-stage match earlier this season and recorded a thumping win in the Qualifier 1 against Pat Cummins' side.

The two captains Shreyas and Cummins caught up ahead of the final as they enjoyed some time in Chennai. They took an auto ride, went on to a Chennai beach. Here are the visuals from the meet-up

Sunrisers Hyderabad have been strong in their run too. the likes of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have provided blazing starts. They have killed the game in the powerplay at times this season. Heinrich Klaasen in the middle is a real threat and Nitish Reddy and Rahul Tripathi have impressed too. With the ball, Pat Cummins, T Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been wily

KKR seem to be the best team in the competition. They were second to RR for the majority of the time in the league phase but have looked like the most complete team this season. Sunil Narine's run with both bat and the ball, Andre Russell's form in both departments, pacers Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora's impact with the ball. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer have chipped in while Phil Salt was also a vital cog in their journey. KKR were the table-toppers and then the first ones to reach into the finals with a win over SRH. This might be their season!

Chennai Super Kings sit on top with the most appearances in an IPL final. They have played 10 finals. Mumbai Indians have six final appearances, this is KKR's fourth IPL appearance while SRH are making their third appearance in the summit clash.

Shreyas Iyer is the only captain in IPL history to have led two different teams into an IPL final and when he steps onto the field today, he will have a chance to join MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, his mentor Gautam Gambhir and Hardik Pandya as the only IPL winning captains. 

Pat Cummins has won pretty much everything as a captain. The WTC Championship, the Ashes retention, the ODI World Cup - he already has a great resume in his short leadership gig. While he has been successful in the longer formats, this is his first leadership stint in T20 cricket. What a moment it would be if he could get his arms over the IPL trophy at the maiden shot.

It called and they have arrived!! KKR and SRH are set to face each other in the showdown clash of the gruelling league that goes on for over two months every year. It takes a great level of testing to reach where they are, but only one of them will go all the way and lift that trophy which many dream of. The final called them and KKR and SRH have arrived!! Stay tuned with us as I Varun Malik, take you across this finale at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.