Mitchell Starc has rediscovered his stump-rattling best to lift his Kolkata Knight Riders to a third Indian Premier League title on the eve of Australia's Twenty20 World Cup campaign.
It was a final of contrasting fortunes for Australians, Starc named man of the match for his 2-14 from three overs in an eight-wicket defeat of the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai.
Cummins' Test and IPL teammate Travis Head was dismissed for a first-ball duck, his side bowled out for just 113 - a record for an IPL final - and the Knight Riders winning with 57 balls to spare.