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    "title": "Cummins eyes another title as Hyderabad face Kolkata in IPL final",
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    "excerpt": "Australia&#39;s World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins will need a spectacular turnaround to secure another major title on Sunday, when his Sunrisers Hyderabad face Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian ",
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    "editor1": "<p>Australia&#39;s World Cup-winning captain <strong>Pat Cummins<\/strong> will need a spectacular turnaround to secure another major title on Sunday, when his Sunrisers Hyderabad face Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League final only five days after a heavy loss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs in the last qualifier in Chennai on Friday to secure a place in their third IPL final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But that win came after a crushing eight-wicket defeat by two-time champions Kolkata in the first play-off in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7XEtIkJ5Mi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; 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Hyderabad assistant coach Simon Helmot said of Cummins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He is into the statistics, gets the information he needs against a particular opposition in certain conditions. Doesn&#39;t waste time in team meetings, our team meeting today went for 35 seconds,&quot; he told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Hyderabad have racked up record IPL totals of 277 and 287 in a high-scoring tournament, with Cummins&#39; astute leadership and rotation of bowlers also an advantage when defending totals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Standing in Cummins&#39; way will be fellow Australian and Kolkata quick Mitchell Starc, who rattled Hyderabad&#39;s top order in the first qualifier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Left-arm quick Starc became the most expensive player in IPL history when Kolkata paid $2.98 million for his services, overtaking Cummins in the same auction in December.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Starc justified the outlay when he returned figures of 3-34 at the world&#39;s biggest cricket stadium on Tuesday, including bowling fellow Australian and Hyderabad opener Travis Head for a duck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Kolkata the team to beat<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata, led by India&#39;s Shreyas Iyer, have been the side to beat in the competition and topped the 10-team table with 20 points in the league phase.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Apart from the big signing of Starc, Kolkata brought Gautam Gambhir on board as mentor after the former India batsman led the team to two titles in 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata beat home side Chennai Super Kings to lift their first title the last time they played a final at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I&#39;m very confident that KKR are going to win here,&quot; Australian cricketer-turned-commentator Matthew Hayden told Star Sports, pointing out that a few days off had given them the opportunity to understand their opponents&#39; strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata have lost just three matches all season, with all-rounder Sunil Narine promoted to open the innings and leading their batting charge with 482 runs, including a century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Spinner Varun Chakravarthy and fast bowler Harshit Rana have also shared 37 wickets between them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, Kolkata&#39;s bowlers will be wary of Hyderabad&#39;s left-handed opening pair of Head and Abhishek Sharma, who have given their team many strong starts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Head has scored 567 runs, with a century and four fifties, to stand fourth in the IPL batting chart led by Royal Challengers Bengaluru&#39;s Virat Kohli on 741.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/icc-cricket-t20-world-cup-2024-schedule-squads-venues\">T20WC 2024 Schedule & Squads<\/a><\/p><p>Abhishek, 23, has been described as a future India star with his 482 runs and a punishing strike-rate of more than 207.<\/p>\r\n",
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