Preview: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 championship match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad—the top match of the competition—is set to take place. On Sunday, May 26, both teams will play at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Kolkata Knight Riders, who defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in qualifying 1, became the first team to advance to the IPL 2024 summit match. The team captained by Shreyas Iyer became victorious from the group stage of the competition, having dominated it.
In contrast, Sunrisers Hyderabad secured the runner-up spot in the standings by outperforming the Rajasthan Royals, who came in third, in terms of net run rate.
After falling short against KKR in qualifier 1, SRH faced the Rajasthan Royals in qualifier 2 to secure a berth in the championship match. With an outstanding performance, SRH defeated the Royals by 36 runs and claimed victory with great authority.
Indian Premier League 2024, Final Match, IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date & Time: Sunday, May 26, 7:30 PM
Pitch Report: The surface at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium is rather slow, and with spinners making the most of it, hitters will try to be patient and see the game through to the end. Batting first and posting a high score could be a sensible move.
PROBABLE XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
