New Delhi [India], After Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won by 8 wickets over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul said that KKR deserves it. Win titles this season KKR won their third title under Shreyas Iyer by defeating the Hyderabad-based franchise by 8 wickets on Sunday. Rahul shared a picture of the Kolkata-based franchise lifting the IPL 202 trophy on his Instagram story and said that KKR had been performing consistently well in the 17th season of the tournament. KL Rahul wrote, "A team that performed consistently throughout the competition. A team that played exciting cricket.A team that deserved to win this season. Congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders." Instagram
Earlier in the day, KKR batsman Nitish Rana took to his official social media handle and said that it has been a 'roller coaster ride' for him with KKR and he has loved every part of it. "It's been a roller coaster ride for me." The last 7 years with @KKRiders I have loved every part of it.In those seven years I have never lost as a player and I have evolved in ways I never imagined,” Rana wrote on X. He wanted to win a trophy as a player “a That's what I wanted as a player, that's why I love this franchise," he said. https://x.com/NitishRana_27/status/179492914446114453 Summarizing the match, SRH won the toss and elected to bat first. KK shook SRH by taking consecutive wickets, with Mitchell Starc being bought at a huge price. Only captain Pat Cummins (24 from 19 balls, with the help of two fours and a six) and Aiden Markram (20 from 23 balls, with the help of three fours) touched the 20-run mark and SRH were all out for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. Gai, Andre Russell (3). /19) Was the top bowler of KKR. Starc (2/14) and Harshit Rain (2/24) also made good contributions with the ball.Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora took one wicket each as KKR chased down the target of 114 runs in just 10.3 overs with eight wickets to spare. Venkatesh Iyer (52* from 26 balls, with four fours and three sixes) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39 from 32 balls, with five fours and two sixes) shone for KKR in the final match of the tournament.