KKR Team: Kolkata Knight Riders team has won the IPL 2024 title by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets. KKR team has received a prize money of Rs 20 crore for winning the title. This is the third title of KKR team in IPL. Earlier, KKR team won the IPL 2012 and IPL 2014 titles under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. Describing the pitch curators and groundsmen as ‘unsung heroes’, BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced that the ground workers and curators of all 10 regular IPL grounds will be given Rs 25 lakh each as appreciation for providing ‘great pitches’ during the league.
BCCI secretary made a big announcement
Jay Shah wrote on the social media platform X that the unsung heroes of our successful T20 season are the groundsmen who worked tirelessly to provide excellent pitches even in difficult weather. Groundsmen and curators working on the 10 regular IPL grounds will receive Rs 25 lakh and those working on the three extra grounds will receive Rs 10 lakh. Thank you for your dedication and hard work.
The 10 regular IPL grounds are Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. The additional venues this year were Guwahati, Visakhapatnam and Dharamsala. Guwahati was the second home ground of Rajasthan Royals while Visakhapatnam hosted the first leg of Delhi Capitals’ home matches. Dharamsala has been serving as the second home ground for Kings XI Punjab. This year’s IPL has been in the news for high-scoring matches in which the record for the highest team score was broken twice. The 250-run mark was crossed eight times this season.
Congratulations to the KKR team
Jay Shah also congratulated the Knight Riders for winning the title. He wrote that congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders for winning the 2024 Tata IPL. The team showed great consistency throughout the tournament and congratulations to Shreyas Iyer for leading the team brilliantly. Once again, thanks to the fans for coming in large numbers and making it another successful season. The final match played between KKR vs SRH has been completely one-sided. KKR bowlers and batsmen dominated the match. Hyderabad scored 113 runs while batting first, in response to which KKR easily chased the target.
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