Mitchell Starc dismantled the batting power-house of Sunrisers Hyderabad for 159 and spearheaded two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders to the Indian Premier League final with a crushing eight-wicket win in the playoff. Starc was 3-34 after Hyderabad won the toss but crumbled against the Australian left-arm fast bowler.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Mitchell Starc, right, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Travis Head during the Indian Premier League qualifier cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Kolkata, which topped the points table with nine wins, cruised to 164-2 in just 13.4 overs with captain Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer both hitting unbeaten half-centuries. Starc sliced through the top-order with his impeccable seam and swing and reduced Hyderabad to 39-4 inside the batting power play. Starc had his Australian teammate Travis Head for second successive duck in the tournament when he had him clean bowled off the second delivery that swung away late from the left-hander.
Tripathi raised his half-century off 29 balls and together with Heinrich Klaasen revived the innings with a 62-run stand but Kolkata came back strongly in the middle overs once Klaasen holed out in the deep off Varun Chakravarthy in the 11th over.
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