Generally, matches in sports are played between captains and their teams but this IPL final is different.

IPL 2024 Final, KKR vs SRH News: On one side is the Kolkata Knight Riders of Gautam Gambhir, a skilled cricket strategist, and on the other side is Sunrisers Hyderabad of Pat Cummins, who has redefined aggressive batting. In the final battle to become the champion of this season of the Indian Premier League, the two best teams will face each other on Sunday in the title match which will guarantee exciting cricket for the spectators.

Generally, the competition in sports is between captains and their teams but this IPL final is different. On one side is the mind of Gambhir who thinks of 'Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo' and on the other side is an Australian captain who has given the attitude of winners to the team.

Shreyas Iyer, who is going to play his second IPL final as the captain of KKR, is seen in a supporting role in this great match.

A decade ago, no one would have imagined that Cummins would become a captain who won the ODI World Cup, World Test Championship and Ashes within six months. Now if he also leads Sunrisers to the IPL title, it would be the icing on the cake.

Sunrisers assistant coach Simon Helmot said after the team's victory in the second qualifier against Rajasthan Royals, “He is a very practical, humble and effective captain. He has all the information and data against the opposing teams in different situations.”

He said, “He doesn't waste time in team meetings. Our team meeting today was 35 seconds long but he had all the information.”

Both the teams clashed in the first qualifier in which KKR defeated Sunrisers on the basis of excellent bowling. KKR last played the IPL final in Chennai in 2012 against Chennai Super Kings in which Gambhir won the title as captain.

Under Gambhir's captaincy, KKR again won the title in 2014 and now he is on the verge of leading the same team to the title as a mentor. He is also the strongest contender to become the head coach of the Indian team and the IPL title will strengthen his claim.

Comparing the teams, KKR has match winners like Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shreyas and Venkatesh Iyer along with spinners like Nitish and Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy.

On the other hand, for Sunrisers, apart from domestic cricketers Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat have performed well.

Sunrisers are in a boost after beating the Royals by 36 runs on a difficult pitch but the Chepauk wicket will suit Varun (20 wickets) and Narine (16 wickets), who have been in scintillating form this season.

Sunrisers spinners Abhishek and Shahbaz Ahmed performed well in the last match. In batting, apart from Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek, Rahul Tripathi and Reddy will have to score runs.

KKR's young fast bowlers Harshit and Vaibhav Arora will have to keep the bat of Head silent, who has scored 567 runs so far.

There is no player from the T20 World Cup Indian team in this IPL final. KKR's Rinku Singh is the reserve player. This proves that only those teams win the IPL whose players do not have any 'orange' or 'purple' cap but get the attitude of winners from mentors like Gambhir and Cummins.

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narayan, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakaria, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Shakib Hussain, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Gut Atkinson, Allah Gazanfar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Upendra Yadav, J Subramanian, Sanvir Singh, Vijaykant Vyaskant, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh, Mayank Agarwal.

Match time: 7.30 pm onwards

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