KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Highlights: Harshit Rana's sensational last over helps Kolkata win thriller by four wickets

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Just days after Pat Cummins led Australia to the 2023 World Cup title, a campaign in which Mitchell Starc played an integral role, the IPL auction came around. Cummins became the most expensive player at an IPL auction when SRH bought him for ₹20.5 crore. But the record did not survive for even two hours as KKR broke the bank for Mitchell Starc, signing him for ₹24.75 crore

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant has finally played his first innings in top flight cricket since December 2022 in the ongoing match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in Mullanpur. It wasn't his best of innings and DC aren't having the greatest of times out there either. Pant scored 18 in 13 before falling to Harshal Patel. DC are 128/6 after 16 overs

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: The last time Starc featured in the IPL was in 2015. Playing for RCB, he had picked up 20 wickets in 13 games at an economy of 6.76. Since then, however, Starc hasn't had the best of times in the shortest format. He has gone for 8.14 an over in 41 T20Is.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: No, he hasn't pulled out this time! That is what has happened almost every time Mitchell Starc was drafted by a team in the last 10 years. But the big Aussie pacer has made it clear that he intends to give his all this time in the IPL and get nicely settled into that T20 rhythm going into the T20 World Cup after this.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH were a side known for their consistency but that reputation of theirs has somewhat crashed and burnt in recent years. SRH have finished twice at the bottom and once at No. 8 - among ten teams - in the last three seasons.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Anukul Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sakib Hussain, Suyash Sharma

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Jaydev Unadkat, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj Singh, Nitish Reddy

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Andre Russell comes into the IPL on the back of a couple of pretty explosive performances. The first one of not came for the West Indies in their third T20I against Australia. He helped them put up a total of 220/6 batting first by smashing a whopping 71 runs in just 29 balls as part of a 139-run stand which came in just 67 balls with Sherfane Rutherford. Rutherford himself scored 67 in 40 balls. West Indies won that match by 37 runs. Then he smashed a 12-ball 43 for Comilla Victorians against Rangpur Riders in the BPL.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH have a new coach this season in Daniel Vettori and there is nothing new about that. In fact that makes this the fourth consecutive year in which SRH have got a different coach. Not much for stability are we.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: In case you aren't aware, Rishabh Pant is set to make his grand comeback in Mullanpur and he will be in action shortly after Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and opted to field against Delhi Capitals at IPL's 36th and newest venue. But before that, David Warner and Prithvi Shaw will take strike. Who's excited to see Pant in action?

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: KKR are easily ahead when it comes to head-to-head record, having won 15 out of the 25 matches they've played against SRH. At Eden Gardens, KKR and Hyderabad have played 9 matches out of which, SRH have won the last 3 out of 4 times. David Warner is the highest scorer in KKR vs SRH games with 619 runs, followed by Nitish Rana with 483. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, meanwhile, holds the record for the most wickets with 24 scalps, with Andre Russell at second position.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Not that he needs to. Seriously! I mean, what one wrong foot has Rinku Singh even put to not ensure a berth in India's T20 World Cup? Let us answer that. NONE. Ever since his debut against Ireland in August last year, Rinku has scored 356 runs from 15 matches. And here's the deal-breaker. At an average of 89 and strike-rate of 176. He has performed in every situation and conditions – in Ireland, India, South Africa and China at the Asia Games. He is the finisher this team has been long looking for. And still, despite all of that there are chances that he may not make the cut due to the returns of a few senior guys.

But what if he sets the IPL on fire again? What if something spectacular such as 5 consecutive sixes fire out of Rinku's bat. What if he gives KKR the come-from-behind finish? Over the next couple of months, Rinku has the chance to make himself undroppable from the T20 World Cup side.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Gautam Gambhir spent two seasons with Lucknow Super Giants before he and the franchise decided to part ways, paving the way for Justin Langer's stint in the IPL. But as it turns out, it was for another cause. In November, it was announced that Gambhir is coming back home to KKR, a team he led to two IPL triumphs, triggering a wave of emotions and nostalgia. KKR was something else under Gambhir back in the 2010s and with him back as mentor, fans have started hoping for a revival in the team's fortunes and hopefully the 10-year-long wait to end.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Not too long ago, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc had their arms on each other's shoulder celebrating Australia's World Cup triumph. But from Ahmedabad on November 19, 2023 to Kolkata today, the dynamics have changed a little. From teammates to rivals, Starc and Cummins will be at opposing ends. At the auction, both broke the bank, but for different teams, and today as KKR and SRH begin their IPL 2024 journey, they are the MVPs of their respective teams. Having opted out of the IPL in earlier editions, Starc and Cummins want to be ready for that T20 World Cup in USA and West Indies, and what better league than the IPL to hit the ground running.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: KKR, as proven last year, are finally breaking out of their mould of relying too much on the seniors who have served them long enough. So while they still got Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, the team wears a young look in the form of Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer and of course, Rinku Singh. Here's a look at all of them.

Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nitish Rana, Shakib Al Hasan, Sherfane Rutherford, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, KS Bharat, Phil Salt, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Harshit Rana

The IPL may have begun, and a whole lot of people may or may not have moved on from India's heartbreaking defeat to Australia in the World Cup, their captain Pat Cummins has landed in India, this time for a different role. Bought for INR 20.5 crore, becoming the first player in the history of IPL to cross the 20-crore mark, Cummins was appointed captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad to lift their fortunes. SRH have never been a team of superstars or even stars for that matter. But with the likes of Cummins, Travis Head and Heinrich Klassen, it looks different, hoping for a different outcome as well.

KKR vs SRH IPL Live score 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: What's up cricket fans? Pinch yourself. It was almost as if yesterday that the schedule for IPL 2024 was announced, and before you could even blink, we are into game 3 of the tournament which pits Kolkata Knight Riders against Sunrisers Hyderabad, two teams with very different history but similar goal – To break the trophy drought. KKR are two-time champs, while SRH have won the championship once. But it was ages ago. To be precise, KKR last lifted the title 10 years ago, and Sunrisers 8. So, like we said, 'ages ago' is indeed the right term. Then again, a fresh start in a fresh season is what it takes to change things around.