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IPL 2024 KKR vs SRH Final Analysis: The final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was played on Sunday at M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This match was one-sided. In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets.
In this match, Hyderabad team captain Rhett Cummins has been seen taking wrong decisions right from the beginning. SRH franchise bought Cummins for Rs 20.50 crore in the auction. Let's know the five reasons that snatched the IPL trophy from Hyderabad.
The decision to bat first after winning the toss was wrong
In this match, Pat Cummins won the toss. After this, he decided to bat first, which proved to be wrong. After the toss, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said, “If I had won the toss, I would have decided to bowl, because the pitch was good for bowling in the first innings.” When Cummins did not understand the pitch and decided to bat first, he axed himself.
Flop show of top order batsman
Hyderabad had a bad start after winning the toss and batting first. Hyderabad lost 3 wickets for just 21 runs. Opener Travis Head could not even open the account. While Sharma scored 2 and Rahul Tripathi scored just 9 runs. Due to this flop order, the entire Hyderabad team got into trouble and the team was all out for just 113 runs.
Travis Head could not open his account in Qualifier-1 against Kolkata earlier. He was out on zero in his last match of the group stage. In such a situation, Head's flop performance was going on continuously, which proved dangerous for Hyderabad in the final match.
No strategy against Starc and Russell
Hyderabad was shocked by fast bowler Mitchell Starc in the very first over. He clean bowled Abhishek Sharma. Starc took 2 wickets for 14 runs. Earlier, Starc had given an early start in Qualifier-1 as well. He took 3 wickets for 34 runs.
Pat Cummins should have learned from this match and should have made a better strategy against Starc, but he could not do so. Something similar happened against Andre Russell. Cummins also did not make a strategy against Russell and he had to suffer the consequences. Russell scored 19 runs and took 3 wickets in the match.
It was tough not to play Phillips and Mayank
Cummins did not play New Zealand spin all-rounder Glenn Phillips throughout the season, even though this dashing player was in great form. Phillips took 5 wickets in the Test match against Australia before the IPL. Along with this, he also scored a half-century. Phillips also batted brilliantly in the T20 series against Australia.
Apart from Phillips, leg spinner Mayank Markande also did not get a chance in this match. The Chennai pitch is considered spin friendly. Off spinner Phillips and Mayank could have proved to be important players here. Mayank played 7 matches this season, in which he took 8 wickets. The absence of a specialist spinner on a spin friendly pitch also proved to be costly for Cummins.
Klaasen was promoted to number six
Captain Cummins made a big mistake in this match. Amidst the continuous fall of wickets, he sent star wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen to bat at number six. Klaas had scored a half-century in the last match. If Cummins had sent him in this match, the score could have been higher.