Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have locked horns in the final of IPL 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After opting to bat first, SRH were rocked early as Starc nipped out Abhishek Sharma with a corker of a delivery.
The star Australian pacer Mitchell Starc picked three wickets in powerplay and in-form spinner Varun Chakravarthy bagged two wickets to bowl out Sunrisers Hyderabad to just 159 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The Australian opener Travis Head played a match-winning knock to beat India in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and is enjoying red-hot form in the Indian Premier League 2024.
"As T20 cricket doesn't always go the way you want it to go, and of course I wanted to go a bit better at the start but I am not the only bowler going for runs. It is what it is," Mitchell Starc said after his match-winning spell against Mumbai Indians.
Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling attack has come under the scanner after losing to Punjab Kings despite posting a mammoth total of 261 runs on the board. Sunil Narine is the only economical bowler for them this season while rest of the bowlers have gone for a lot of runs.
KKR vs PBKS IPL 2024 Playing XIs: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer lost the toss and were forced to bat first against Punjab Kings in the 42nd match of the season at Eden Gardens. Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera replaced star Australian Mitchell Starc in a major change for the hosts.
Mitchell Starc is playing in the Indian Premier League after nine years. Starc is not having the best of times in the tournament as he has leaked runs at an alarming rate. Starc became the most expensive player at the IPL 2024 auction after being picked for Rs. 24.75 crores.
Australia's left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc is the most expensive player in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) shelled out a whopping INR 24.75 crore at the auction to secure his services but the returns so far have been not great. But Starc isn't bothered much
Mitchell Starc's performance in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been far from impressive. The left-arm pacer has struggled for rhythm and only managed two wickets across four games at an economy rate of 11.00.
Mitchell Starc is the most expensive player of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Kolkata Knight Riders shelling out a massive 24.75 crore Rs for him at the auction. But he went wicketless in the first two games before picking up a couple against Delhi Capitals.
Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) big-money buy Mitchell Starc has been off-colour in the first couple of games in the 2024 edition of the IPL having gone for 100 runs cumulative in two games. KKR have won both their games so far and hence Starc's place is safe but he would like to get up to speed soon.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their opening encounter in the 2024 edition of the IPL but almost handed the game to the Sunrisers Hyderabad if not for a calm and composed final over from Harshit Rana. Returning to IPL after nine years, Mitchell Starc didn't have an auspicious start for KKR.
New captain Pat Cummins won the toss as Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bowl first in their opening IPL 2024 game against Kolkata Knight Riders. Mitchell Starc returned to IPL after nine years as Kolkata fielded a strong playing eleven against SRH.
Kolkata Knight Riders will play their first game of IPL 2024 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The team is training hard ahead of its season opener and has played a couple of prctice gameas already with the likes of Mitchell Starc and Andre Russell also taking part.
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Australian pacer Mitchell Starc is looking forward to finally playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2024 after missing the 2018 edition despite having been picked by the two-time champions then. Starc was bought by KKR for INR 24.75 crore ahead of IPL 2024.
Kane Williamson has come into the series on the back of some blazing form. He scored six hundreds, including a double hundred in the last ten Test innings before the ongoing Wellington Test against Australia.
Australia won the first ODI of the three-match series by a convincing eight-wicket margin. Kim Garth was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) for her figures of 2/18.
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