A ‘Knight’ to remember: KKR come to light crush SRH to clinch third title

Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders lifted their third trophy in the Indian Premier League with a crushing eightwicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a completely one-sided final here on Sunday.

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. Venkatesh Iyer remained not out on 52 off 26 balls. Mitchell Starc (2/14), Andre Russell (3/19) and Harshit Rana (2/24) were the most successful bowlers for the Knight Riders.

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. 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. They were toppled out for a paltry 113 runs, the lowest ever in an IPL final. (PTI)