KKR vs SRH: Shreyas Iyer Imitates Sunil Narine’s Bowling Action At Practice Before IPL 2024 Final – WATCH VIDEO
New Delhi: Just a day before the all-important Indian Premier League (IPL) final against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer turned Sunil Narine for a moment as he imitated the West Indian’s bowling action during practice on at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After finishing in top two at the end of the league stage, both KKR and SRH made their way into the final to be played on Sunday. Ironically, KKR defeated SRH in Qualifier 1 to qualify for the IPL 2024 final.
In a video released by KKR, Shreyas can be seen imitating Narine’s ditto bowling action with the ‘golmal hae bhai sab golman hae’ song from the 1979 movie Gol Maal, playing in the background.
Skipper Shreyas. Bowling style: T20 GOAT! pic.twitter.com/QeC5iBrsFG
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 25, 2024
For the unknown, Shreyas is playing his second final as captain. Earlier, he had led Delhi Capitals in the final of 2020 edition. The two teams met in the first qualifier in which KKR outwitted SRH with clever bowling plans on a massive Motera ground and in Chennai, Iyer’s men will again start as favourites.
The last time KKR played an IPL final in Chennai, it was against Chennai Super Kings in 2012 in one of the most epic contests, which established Gambhir’s credentials as an astute leader of men. Meanwhile, if one looks at man-to-man comparison, KKR tick more boxes in terms of overall match-winners with Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, the two Iyers — Shreyas and Venkatesh — the two Ranas — Nitish and Harshit — and spinner Varun Chakravarthy in their ranks.
However, SRH’s uncapped domestic stars like Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy have done really well along with out-of-favour India internationals such as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat.
SRH’s 36-run win over Rajasthan Royals on a difficult track will certainly boost their confidence but they also must realise that the Chepauk wicket will be tailor made for Varun (20 wickets) and Narine (16 wickets), who have been in stellar form through the season.