# 2024 Sunrisers Hyderabad season

The 2024 season was the 12th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the last place in previous season's League stage. The SunRisers drew an average home attendance of 37,396 in the IPL in 2024.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Pat Cummins was appointed as the captain following a poor 2023 season led by Aiden Markram. After their abandoned match on 16 May 2024, Hyderabad qualified for the Playoffs. They finished the League stage at the 2nd place with 8 wins and 5 losses, garnering 17 points and seeding their place in the Qualifier 1.
After being defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Qualifier 1 played on 21st May at Ahmedabad, Hyderabad advanced to the Qualifier 2. After defeating Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 played on 24th May at Chennai, Hyderabad advanced to the 2024 final for the 3rd time. After being defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders in the final played on 26th May at Chennai, Hyderabad finished as the runners-up for the 2nd time after 2018.
Nitish Kumar Reddy was named as the "Emerging player of the season" and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize. Abhishek Sharma hit most sixes in the season (42) while Travis Head hit most fours in the season (64) and both were awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize and a trophy to each. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the "Team fairplay award" of ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize.

## Squad

* Source: ESPNcricinfo
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* * denotes a player who was unavailable for rest of the season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League :
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
| Captain |||||||||
| 30 | Pat Cummins | (1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2024 | ₹20.5 crore (US$2.4 million) | Overseas |
| Batters |||||||||
| 16 | Mayank Agarwal | (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2023 | ₹8.25 crore (US$970,000) | |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹8.5 crore (US$990,000) | |
| 62 | Travis Head | (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹6.8 crore (US$800,000) | Overseas |
| 94 | Aiden Markram | (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹2.6 crore (US$300,000) | Overseas |
| 1 | Abdul Samad | (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) | |
| 63 | Anmolpreet Singh | (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 45 | Heinrich Klaasen | (1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹5.25 crore (US$610,000) | Overseas |
| — | Upendra Yadav | (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹25 lakh (US$29,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 7 | Sanvir Singh | (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| 47 | Shahbaz Ahmed | (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2024 | ₹2.4 crore (US$280,000) | Traded |
| 6 | Glenn Phillips | (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
| 49 | Wanindu Hasaranga | (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 5 | Washington Sundar | (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹8.75 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 70 | Marco Jansen | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2022 | ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) | Overseas |
| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹6.5 crore (US$760,000) | |
| 8 | Nitish Kumar Reddy | (2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) | Vice-captain |
| 44 | T. Natarajan | (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) | |
| 91 | Jaydev Unadkat | (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2024 | ₹1.6 crore (US$190,000) | |
| 24 | Umran Malik | (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2021 | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) | |
| 83 | Fazalhaq Farooqi | (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) | Overseas |
| 23 | Akash Singh | (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 3 | Mayank Markande | (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) | |
| — | Jhathavedh Subramanyan | (1999-09-16) 16 September 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| 55 | Vijayakanth Viyaskanth | (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) | Overseas; Replacement |

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO | Kavya Maran |
| Team manager | Vijay Kumar |
| Head coach | Daniel Vettori |
| Batting coach | Hemang Badani |
| Bowling coach | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Fielding coach | Ryan Cook |
| Source: ||

## Sponsors

* Kit manufacturer: Wrogn
* Main shirt sponsor: Dream 11
* Back shirt sponsor: BKT
* Chest branding: Kent RO

## League stage
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1.428 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad (R) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.414 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Rajasthan Royals (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.273 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (4th) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.459 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.392 | Eliminated |
| 6 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.377 | Eliminated |
| 7 | A | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.667 | Eliminated |
| 8 | B | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | −1.063 | Eliminated |
| 9 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.353 | Eliminated |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.318 | Eliminated |

### League progression

League progression :
| Team | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1/E | Q2 | F |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | L | W | L |
| Win | Loss | No result |
* Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
* Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

### Fixtures and results

* Match 3 23 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 208/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 204/7 (20 overs) |
| Andre Russell 64* (25) T. Natarajan 3/32 (4 overs) | | Heinrich Klaasen 63 (29) Harshit Rana 3/33 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fastest cricketer to hit 200 sixes in the IPL, in terms of balls (1,322). He also holds the record for most 50-plus scores and wicket instances in an IPL match (9 times).
* Heinrich Klassen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his 4,000th run in T20s, and broke the record for most sixes (8) in an IPL innings without registering a four.
* Match 8 27 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 277/3 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 246/5 (20 overs) |
| Heinrich Klassen 80* (34) Piyush Chawla 1/34 (2 overs) | | Tilak Varma 64 (34) Pat Cummins 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 31 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Rohit Sharma completed 200 matches for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad broke Royal Challengers Bengaluru's record (263) for the highest innings total in IPL (277).
* Mumbai Indians broke Rajasthan Royals' record (226) for the highest second innings total in IPL (246). This was also the highest total in a losing cause in an IPL match.
* The match broke the record for highest aggregate scored in an IPL match surpassing 469 runs between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in 2010 (523).
* Match 12 31 March 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 162/8 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans (H) 168/3 (19.1 overs) |
| Abdul Samad 29 (14) Mohit Sharma 3/25 (4 overs) | | Sai Sudharsan 45 (36) Shahbaz Ahmed 1/20 (2 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 18 5 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 166/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 45 (24) Shahbaz Ahmed 1/11 (1 over) | | Aiden Markram 50 (36) Moeen Ali 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 6 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 23 9 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 182/9 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings (H) 180/6 (20 overs) |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy 64 (37) Arshdeep Singh 4/29 (4 overs) | | Shashank Singh 46* (25) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 2 runs Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Nitish Kumar Reddy (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first uncapped player to complete 1,000 runs in the IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
* Match 30 15 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 287/3 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H) 262/7 (20 overs) |
| Travis Head 102 (41) Lockie Ferguson 2/52 (4 overs) | | Dinesh Karthik 83 (35) Pat Cummins 3/43 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
* Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad) hit his first IPL century.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own record (277) for the highest innings total in IPL (287).
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke Mumbai Indians' record (246) for the highest second innings total in IPL (262), and South Africa's record (259) for the highest second innings total in T20 cricket. This was also the highest total in a losing cause in both IPL matches and T20 matches.
* The match broke the record for highest aggregate scored in an IPL match surpassing 523 runs between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in 2024 (549).
* Match 35 20 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 266/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 199 (19.1 overs) |
| Travis Head 89 (32) Kuldeep Yadav 4/55 (4 overs) | | Jake Fraser-McGurk 65 (18) T Natarajan 4/19 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 67 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad broke the record held by Nottinghamshire (106) for most runs scored in the Powerplay overs (125) in T20 cricket.
* Match 41 25 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 171/8 (20 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 51 (43) Jaydev Unadkat 3/30 (4 overs) | | Shahbaz Ahmed 40* (37) Cameron Green 2/12 (2 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 35 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jaydev Unadkat (Sunrisers Hyderabad) played in his 100th IPL match.
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru played their 250th match in the Indian Premier League.
* Match 46 28 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 212/3 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 (18.5 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 98 (54) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/38 (4 overs) Jaydev Unadkat 1/38 (4 overs) | | Aiden Markram 32 (26) Tushar Deshpande 4/27 (3 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 78 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Daryl Mitchell (Chennai Super Kings) took his 100th catch in T20s, and equalled the record of taking the most catches in an IPL innings (5).
* MS Dhoni became the first player to be part of 150 victories in the IPL.
* This was the 50th win for Chennai Super Kings at home in the IPL.
* Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) hit his 200th four in the IPL.
* Match 50 2 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 201/3 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 200/7 (20 overs) |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy 76* (42) Avesh Khan 2/39 (4 overs) | | Riyan Parag 77 (49) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/41 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 1 run Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) played in his 300th T20 match.
* Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) scored his 1,000th run in the IPL.
* Match 55 6 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 173/8 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 174/3 (17.2 overs) |
| Travis Head 48 (30) Hardik Pandya 3/31 (4 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 102* (51) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/22 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 57 8 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 165/4 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 167/0 (9.4 overs) |
| Ayush Badoni 55* (30) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/12 (4 overs) | | Travis Head 89* (30) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 10 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad made the fastest chase of 150+ score in IPL history.
* Mumbai Indians were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 66 16 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad | v | Gujarat Titans |
* Match abandoned Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the playoffs while Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 69 19 May 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 214/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 215/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Prabhsimran Singh 71 (45) T Natarajan 2/33 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 66 (28) Arshdeep Singh 2/37 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| vte Qualifier 1 | vte Qualifier 1 | vte Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| 21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | | | | 26 May 2024 – Chennai | 26 May 2024 – Chennai | 26 May 2024 – Chennai |
| 1 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 164/2 (13.4 overs) | | | | Q1W | Kolkata Knight Riders | 114/2 (10.3 overs) |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 159 (19.3 overs) | 24 May 2024 – Chennai | 24 May 2024 – Chennai | 24 May 2024 – Chennai | Q2W | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 113 (18.3 overs) |
| | | | Q1L | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 175/9 (20 overs) | | | |
| Eliminator | Eliminator | Eliminator | EW | Rajasthan Royals | 139/7 (20 overs) | | | |
| 22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rajasthan Royals | 174/6 (19 overs) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 172/8 (20 overs) | | | | | | |

### Qualifier 1

* Qualifier 1 21 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 159 (19.3 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 164/2 (13.4 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 55 (35) Mitchell Starc 3/34 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 58* (24) T Natarajan 1/22 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the final for the 4th time in IPL history.

### Qualifier 2

* Qualifier 2 24 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 175/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 139/7 (20 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 50 (34) Avesh Khan 3/27 (4 overs) | | Dhruv Jurel 56* (35) Shahbaz Ahmed 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 36 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shahbaz Ahmed (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the final for the 3rd time in IPL history.

### Final

* Final 26 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 113 (18.3 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 (10.3 overs) |
| Pat Cummins 24 (19) Andre Russell 3/19 (2.3 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 52* (26) Pat Cummins 1/18 (2 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the first captain to lead two different teams to an IPL final, having previously led Delhi Capitals to the final in 2020.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad scored the lowest total in an IPL final.
* Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 50th wicket in the IPL.
* Kolkata Knight Riders won their third title. They became the first team to win the IPL under different captains (2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir and 2024 under Shreyas Iyer). They also set the record for the fastest IPL final chase with 57 balls remaining, equalling the record for the fewest losses in a single tournament.
* Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad) set the record for the most runs conceded by a bowler in a season (566), surpassing Tushar Deshpande's record of 564 set in the 2023 IPL.
* This was the shortest-ever final in the IPL history.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 100s/50s | 4s | 6s |
| 567 | Travis Head | 15 | 102 | 40.50 | 191.55 | 1/4 | 64 | 32 |
| 484 | Abhishek Sharma | 16 | 75* | 32.26 | 204.21 | 0/3 | 36 | 42 |
| 479 | Heinrich Klaasen | 15 | 80* | 39.91 | 171.07 | 0/4 | 19 | 38 |
| 303 | Nitish Kumar Reddy | 11 | 76* | 33.66 | 142.92 | 0/2 | 15 | 21 |
| 220 | Aiden Markram | 11 | 50 | 24.44 | 124.29 | 0/1 | 18 | 4 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||||

### Most wickets

| Wkts. | Player | Inns | Ov | Runs | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 19 | T Natarajan | 14 | 51.2 | 465 | 4/19 | 24.47 | 9.05 | 16.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Pat Cummins | 16 | 61.0 | 566 | 3/43 | 31.44 | 9.27 | 20.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 16 | 57.0 | 533 | 3/41 | 48.45 | 9.35 | 31.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mayank Markande | 7 | 22.0 | 259 | 2/26 | 32.37 | 11.77 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jaydev Unadkat | 11 | 31.1 | 319 | 3/30 | 39.87 | 10.23 | 23.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||||||