Watch: KKR's Rs 24.75 crore buy Starc's 'ball of the tournament' to Sharma

Mitchell Starc bowled a sensational opening spell to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to their third Indian Premier League title with a eightwicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Sunday final Kolkata bowled out Hyderabad for IPLs lowest total of 113 in a final as Australias leftarm quick Starc returned figures of 214 to live up to his top billing in the worlds most lucrative T20 tournament Starc went to Kolkata for a record 298 million in the December auction and ended IPL 2024 with two stellar performances including a matchwinning 334 in the first playoff to hammer the same opponent Kolkatas batsmen had it easy and despite Sunil Narines early departure Rahmanullah Gurbaz who made 39 and Venkatesh Iyer on 52 not out helped the team home with 93 overs to spare after a partnership of 91 Iyer a lefthanded batsman reached his 50 in 24 balls and hit the winning runs to trigger celebrations for Kolkata who remained the most dominant team after they ended top of the table with 20 points in the league phase Skipper Shreyas Iyer was unbeaten on six and at the other end when Kolkata players came rushing on to the pitch and the stadium fireworks went offIt was Starc who took the limelight as he struck in his first over when he bowled inform Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma for two on a delivery that pitched in the middle and caught the top of off stump Travis Head followed his fellow lefthand opener Abhishek to the dugout caught behind for his second duck in three matches off fast bowler Vaibhav Arora Starc struck again and the opposition toporder was in disarray at 474 inside seven oversAN ABSOLUTE RIPPER As spectacular as it gets from Mitchell Starc He gets the inform Abhishek Sharma early Watch the match LIVE on JioCinema and StarSportsIndia TATAIPL KKRvSRH Final TheFinalCall pictwittercomK5w9WIywuRmdash IndianPremierLeague IPL May 26 2024Andre Russell took down Aiden Markram for 20 and wickets kept tumbling as fellow South African Heinrich Klaasen fell for 16 Cummins who was dropped on 10 by Starc took the team past 100 before falling for 24 off Russell who ended with figures of 319Great night for KKR What a game what a season playerofthematch Starc said Probably the two most exciting teams in the final We have had a fantastic squad of bowlers and batters our staff have been fantastic to get everyone peakingAlso ReadSunil Narine becomes first player to clinch MVP award in IPL thriceOn the pressure of his high price tag in IPL 2024 34yearold Starc said Theres been jokes about the money I am experienced thats helped with all the expectations Players and national teams now move into the T20 World Cup starting June 1 in the West Indies and the United StatesIt was Kolkatas second title triumph at the venue after they won their first trophy in 2012 and a nearcapacity crowd at the 36000seater stadium cheered on Narine a lefthand batsman and a rightarm spinner ended as the player of the series with 488 runs as an opener and 17 wicketsWith agency inputs