KKR spent 25 crores on Mitchell Starc, if SRH had seen the record of knockout matches then it would not have been in bad shape today

Sunrisers Hyderabad, which scored a lot of runs in the powerplay in most of the matches of the Indian Premier League 2024, has succumbed in the title match. Hyderabad, who came to bat first in this match, lost 7 wickets at the score of 71. During this period, neither Travis Head's batsman nor Abhishek could do wonders. Only the Kolkata bowlers did wonders and the start was made by the most expensive player in IPL history.

Mitchell Starc is responsible for this condition of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who gave the first blow to the Orange Army in the very first over of the match. After this, Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana together brought more success to the team. Andre Russell and Varun Chakravarthy were also not left behind and they also made a dent in the batting lineup of Sunrisers. But if Hyderabad had not suffered a setback in the beginning then perhaps the situation would have been different. Starc took two out of the first three wickets and broke the back of Sunrisers.

His performance in the IPL 2024 league matches wasn't particularly noteworthy. In addition, he gave up a lot of runs in a lot of games, and his bowling and form initially drew criticism. Starc, though, has a strong record in knockout competitions. He claimed 10 wickets in 8 league matches and 6 wickets in 2 knockout matches during the ODI World Cup that was held in India last year. Starc has claimed 12 wickets in 12 IPL 2024 league games and has now claimed 5 wickets in 2 knockout games.