Andre Russell smashed 64* off just 25 balls with the help of seven huge sixes and debutant Phil Salt added a brilliant fifty to help the Kolkata Knight Riders post 208 while batting first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the third match of the IPL 2024.
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 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders won their opening game in the 2024 edition of the IPL against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens owing to Andre Russell's all-round show while Harshit Rana kept his nerves in the final over with the ball.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to enter the Indian Premier League 2024 with a new captain in the form of Pat Cummins and are boosted with new signings of Travis Head, and Wanindu Hasaranga ahead of their opening clash against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday.
Kolkata Knight Riders will be led by their skipper Shreyas Iyer who missed the previous season due to back surgery whereas Pat Cummins will don the captaincy hat for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Star Indian batter Shreyas Iyer returns for Kolkata Knight Riders to take the captaincy role while Sunriser Hyderabad promote World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins to lead the team in the upcoming IPL 2024 season.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise has announced Pat Cummins as their new captain for the IPL (Indian Premier League) 2024 season despite Aiden Markram leading Sunrisers Eastern Cape to their second-consecutive SA20 title.
Wanindu Hasaranga made a U-turn from Test retirement after seven months for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh. However, he has been banned for those two Tests due to accumulating eight demerit points in a period of 24 months.
Sunrisers Hyderabad named Pat Cummins captain for the 2024 edition of the IPL replacing Aiden Markram. While Cummins was expected to take over the reins given that SRH splurged INR 20.5 crore on him, with Aiden Markram winning beck-to-back SA20 titles could have stayed captain but wasn't to be.
Sri Lanka Cricket announced a strong squad for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting on March 22. Hasaranga, who announced Test retirement last year, is part of the 17-member squad and is set to miss the initial IPL 2024 games for SRH.
Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad introduced their new jersey ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 with some changes to their designs and colours. Both GT and SRH will enter the IPL 2024 with new captains Shubman Gill and Pat Cummins.
Aiden Markram led SRH in IPL 2023 but the team finished at the 10th position last year. Markram won the led Sunrisers' franchise to title for second consecutive season in SA20 but he has been replaced in IPL. Cummins won the World Cup in India last year and that worked in his favour.
The former pacer and bowling coach Dale Steyn will be skipping the Indian Premier League 2024 and Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori is reportedly looking for a replacement. SRH management is also considering a new captain for the IPL 2024 after poor results under Markram's leadership.
Nitish made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 18 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad signed star Sri Lankan spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga for a base price of INR 1.5 crore but had to scorch INR 20.50 crore to sign Australian captain Pat Cummins in the Indian Premier League 2024 auction.
Former Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner revealed that he has been blocked by the 2016 champions on social media websites. Warner wanted to report his Australian teammates Travis Head and Pat Cummins' stories since they were both picked by SRH but he couldn't.
Pat Cummins pipped Sam Curran to become the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Curran had received INR 18.50 crore at the IPL 2023 auction.
IPL auction 2024: Pat Cummins was picked by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a record margin of 20.5 crore as he became the most expensive player in IPL. Cummins broke all the budget records in IPL and became the first player to breach the 20-crore mark.
The hero of the World Test Championship final and World Cup final for Australia, Travis Head is set to play for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2024 edition of the IPL. Head last played in the IPL in 2017 for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and will be returning to the league after six years.
England cricketer Harry Brook played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in his debut Indian Premier League (IPL) season earlier this year. But apart from a century, he couldn't do much for the franchise and now has been released by SRH ahead of IPL 2024 auction.
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