Mitchell Starc got the most important batsmen from Sunrisers Hyderabad out (Travis Head). That was the turning point of the match, and it started a chain reaction and SRH ended up at 39/4. Starc picked up the important wickets of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed in addition to that of Head. And then Abhishek Sharma was nabbed by Vaibhav Arora. Once Starc and Arora was replaced by Harshit Rana/Sunil Narine, SRH got some respite. But even that didn't lasted long.
Venkatesh Iyer and Sreysh Iyer are the two batsmen who played the most role for Kolkata Knight Riders team to win this match. Kolkata Knight Riders team can play in the final match, but Sunrise Hyderabad team bowlers did not perform well. Although early wickets fell, no further wickets fell later, two batsmen scored half-centuries. Due to the development of their partnership, Kolkata Knight Riders were able to win this match very easily.