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Kolkata Knight Riders vs SRH: The final match of the Indian Premier League 2024 will be between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams will face each other on 26 May at Chepauk, Chennai. KKR and Sunrisers also clashed in the first qualifier but here Shreyas Iyer's team forced Sunrisers to play the second qualifier. However, now the situation has changed. Under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, Sunrisers made a strong comeback and confirmed their place in the final.
Mitchell Starc and Travis Head are at loggerheads again
Sunrisers have a big problem before the final. The team's mischievous openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have not been in their rhythm for the last few matches. Travis Head in particular is struggling to score runs. In the match against Rajasthan, Head scored just 32 runs off 28 balls. While Head could not even open his account in Qualifier-1. He was bowled by Mitchell Starc. In such a situation, Mitchell Starc and Travis Head are once again face to face.
Both the players clashed with each other 5 times in different matches
Travis Head could not bat against Mitchell Starc. Both the players have faced each other 5 times in different matches, in which Starc has dismissed Travis Head 4 times for zero. Travis Head has scored only 1 run against Starc in five matches. In the year 2015, Starc dismissed Hayden thrice.
Then in the 2017 Sheffield Shield competition, Starc dismissed Travis Hayden for a score of zero. At the same time, now in IPL 2024, Starc has taken the wicket of Travis Head with a length ball. In such a situation, both of them are going to face each other once again in the final. Travis Head has been one of the highest run scorers for Sunrisers this season.