Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday to clinch the title. By virtue of the victory, KKR became the only third franchise in the lucrative tournament to win three titles after Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.
Opting to bat, SRH fell like a pack of cards as KKR bowlers Mitchell Starc (2/14), Harshit Rana (2/24) and Andre Russell (3/19) ran through their batting line-up to bundle them out to 113 runs. It was, incidentally, the lowest total recorded in an IPL final beating the previous lowest total recorded by CSK at 125/9 against MI in the IPL 2013 final.
In response, KKR opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39) and Venkatesh Iyer (52 not out) played key knocks to guide their side over the line in 10.3 overs. Soon after the victory, netizens took to X to congratulate the franchise on ending the campaign on a high.
Check out the reactions here:
No kolkata knight riders and Gambhir fan will pass without liking this tweet!!
They saved best for the last.
Congrats KKR 🥳 Starc 🔥🔥#KKRvsSRH #IPLfinal worst IPL pic.twitter.com/PHwuaKvunC pic.twitter.com/mHCbGkJxfY— RanaJi🏹 (@RanaTells) May 26, 2024
Reason Behind Kolkata Knight Riders Win – Gautam Gambhir 😍
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2 Time Win In His Captaincy
This Time As A Head Coach
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Respect Man Respect Truly Deserve♥
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I Hate Loosing 🥳
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Congrats KKR 🥳🥳
. #KKRvsSRH #IPL2024 #IPLFinal #GautamGanbhir pic.twitter.com/hk353DPQRA— Harsh Yadav (@HarshY0008) May 26, 2024
Congrats KKR [ Kolkata Knight Riders ]
Don”t take personal Kavya Maran Ji. King Khan #ShahrukhKhan#KKRvsSRH #IPL2O24 #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/wEdqqCoBqj— Mir”khan 🍁 (@iamarshadalii) May 26, 2024
Suhana – “Are you happy”
Megastar @iamsrk smiles, nods, and then hugs her. What a moment💜💜💥
“Congrats KKR” 💜 #KKRvsSRH || #AmiKKr || #ShahRukhKhan || #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/RmROo6SleF— Baap (@TereBin02) May 26, 2024
Congrats KKR whole team were phenomenal 👏Kolkata Knight Riders.
sunrisers Hyderabad worst ipl 💔.
Gautam Gambhir were very proud today🔥,Kavya Maran also appreciate Kolkata Knight Riders👏#KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/D9Tq4DtpIF— Vivek Kumar(सनातनी 🙏🏻🚩) (@Vivek7324) May 26, 2024
“Really happy, credit goes to Abhishek Nayar, all the credit in the world, the way he”s worked for the franchise. Some contributions go unnoticed, I want to make sure they don”t. He was the one who built this Indian core. We waited for 10 years, credit to the management and the coaching staff,” Venkatesh Iyer said after finishing off the match in style.
Incidentally, KKR equalized RR”s record of 2008, recording the lowest number of defeats in the entire season at 3. It was also the biggest win ever with 57 balls to spare in IPL playoffs/knockouts.
KKR had previously won the IPL titles in 2012 and 2014.
