KKR vs SRH: Kavya Maran In Tears After Sunrisers Hyderabad Lose IPL 2024 Final Against Kolkata Knight Riders – WATCH

Chennai: Sunrisers Hyderabad CEO Kavya Maran was left in tears after her team lost the IPL 2024 final to Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Chasing a paltry 114 runs, Venkatesh Iyer’s unbeaten 52 helped the Purple and Gold lift their third title and the first after 10 years. Earlier, KKR had won the titles in 2012 and 2014.

Kavya Maran was in tears after the game. pic.twitter.com/aUa16SnVSZ

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Maran has been one of the biggest supporters of the side throughout the IPL 2024. O Saunday too, she was in the stands. However, tears rolled down her eyes as KKR players celebrated their victory. Despite the tears, Maran heaped high praise on her players and clapped for their performance in this edition.

Having lost the toss, KKR produced a clinical effort with the ball to dismiss SRH for 113, the lowest ever total in an IPL title clash. KKR chased down the target of 114 with as many as 57 balls to spare. Mitchell Starc (2/14), Andre Russell (3/19) and Harshit Rana (2/24) were the most successful bowlers for the Knight Riders, as SRH simply failed to turn up for the big game.

Opting to bat first, SRH were off to a disastrous start as they lost their top guns Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head with just six runs on the board, with the latter getting dismissed for a first-ball duck to a beautiful outswinger.

Before that, Abhishek was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the fifth ball of the first over, a peach of a delivery opening up the left-hander before hitting the top of the off stump. SRH were in all sorts of trouble as Starc accounted for the wicket of Rahul Tripathi to leave them reeling at 21/3 in the fifth over, the swing doing the trick for KKR bowlers early on.

First-change bowler Harshit Rana continued the good work and got rid of Nitish Reddy (13). Andre Russell dismissed Aiden Markram in his first over as SRH slipped to 62/5 in the 11th over. SRH could not recover from there.