No place for Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc in IPL 2024 Team of the Tournament picked by Matthew Hayden

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has picked up his team of the tournament even before the IPL 2024 final is completed. 

KKR takes on SRH in the IPL 2024 final on Sunday, May 26 in Chennai. Both teams are looking for their third IPL title. KKR won it in 2012 and 2014, while SRH won it in 2016. Notably, the Hyderabad franchise won their first title as Deccan Chargers in 2009 under Adam Gilchrist. 

Interestingly, enough SRH have won both their previous titles under Australian cricketers. This time around, they are led by Pat Cummins who is currently the captain of the Australian national cricket team. 

Cummins won the WTC final and the ICC World Cup 2023 final as captain last year and is looking to add another feather to his cap by winning the IPL title. Interestingly, enough though none of the players picked in the Indian T20 World Cup squad is playing in either of the two teams playing the IPL final. Rinku Singh who is in the reserves will play the final for KKR. 

Meanwhile, Matthew Hayden has picked his XII for the tournament making it a batting-heavy side in many aspects. He started his XI with openers in Sunil Narine and Travis Head. Both of them will be playing in the IPL 2024 final on Sunday and can add to the tally of runs they have scored so far. Narine has scored 482 runs so far while Head has scored 567. 

With just one big result to go this #IPL, let's look at #MatthewHayden's team of the tournament! 👀

Did he miss out on anyone? With numerous players in the Final tonight, who do you think will come out on top? 🤔

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Hayden has picked Virat Kohli as his number three, Sanju Samson as his keeper-batter, and Riyan Pagar at five. All the batters have scored heaps of runs for their respective franchises. Kohli is the top-scorer and will end up with the Orange cap with 741 runs at an average of 61.75. Samson has scored 531 runs at an average of nearly 50 while Parag has scored 573 runs at an average of 52.09. He also has Nicholas Pooran slotted in his XI who has scored 499 runs at an average of 62.38. 

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Hayden has slotted Heinrich Klaasen at number seven. The South African keeper-batter along with Travis Head has been key in turning SRH's fortunes this season. Hyderabad finished at the bottom of the points table last season and they are playing the final this season. 

Matthew Hayden has picked five bowlers in his playing XII with Yuzvendra Chahal and Varun Chakravarthy being the two spinners along with Sunil Narine being the third. The trio have been amongst the best spinners this season. Chahal has in fact managed to get back into the Indian team for the T20 World Cup with his performance this season. 

Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan, and Sandeep Sharma are Hayden's pacer in the 12-member side that he has picked for the season. The Indian pace spearhead has picked up 20 wickets, Avesh Khan 19 wickets and his fellow RR pacer has been the death overs specialist this season picking up 13 wickets in 11 games at an average of 23.92 and an economy of 8.18. Interestingly, Hayden has axed both Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc from his XII. 

Matthew Hayden's Team Of The Tournament In IPL 2024

Sunil Narine, Travis Head, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Nicholas Pooran, Hienrich Klaasen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma

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