The Kolkata Knight Riders team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and won the IPL 2024 title. Every bet of KKR was right in the match. The bowlers and batsmen performed strongly for KKR. In the final match, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. But the Hyderabad batsmen flopped badly and could not score big. Hyderabad gave KKR a target of 114 runs to win, which KKR achieved easily. After the match, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer has given a big statement.
Shreyas Iyer said this
KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said that it is difficult to express the feelings. The players performed exactly as we expected from them. Today we were lucky to get the chance to bowl first. Congratulations to Sunrisers Hyderabad for their brilliant performance. It was a pressure match. Mitchell Starc performed so well, the youth should learn from him.
Praising Andre Russell, Shreyas said that Russell has a magic wand. He has got us wickets in most of the matches. After this, Venkatesh Iyer made the victory easy for us. It was a united effort. It was a great season for us. After this, Shreyas received the trophy from BCCI President Roger Binny and Secretary Jay Shah. KKR team has received Rs 20 crore for winning the IPL 2024 title.
KKR won the final match
No player could perform well for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team who came to bat first. Pat Cummins scored the highest 24 runs for the team. Apart from him, no other player could bat on the wicket. The team could not even play the full 20 overs and was all out for 113 runs. After this, Venkatesh Iyer scored a brilliant half-century for KKR. He scored 52 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz contributed 39 runs. It is because of these players that the KKR team chased the target within 10.3 overs.
(Input: PTI
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