Mitchell Starc bowled a sensational opening spell to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to their third IPL title with a eight-wicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Sunday final. Kolkata bowled out Hyderabad for IPL`s lowest total of 113 in a final as Australia`s left-arm quick Starc returned figures of 2-14 to live up to his top billing in the world`s most lucrative T20 tournament.

Starc went to Kolkata for a record $2.98 million in the December auction and ended IPL 2024 with two stellar performances, including a match-winning 3-34 in the first play-off to hammer the same opponent. Kolkata`s batsmen had it easy and despite Sunil Narine`s early departure, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who made 39, and Venkatesh Iyer, on 52 not out, helped the team home with 9.3 overs to spare after a partnership of 91.