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IPL Final 2024: KKR Wins the ‘3R’ Trophy, Gautam Gambhir Does His Job Well

Sunrisers Hyderabad looked completely helpless in front of the serious attack by Kolkata Knight Riders and KKR became the champion. In the final match of IPL 2024 played in Chennai, it defeated Hyderabad tremendously. KKR achieved Hyderabad’s target of 113 runs by losing only two wickets in the 11th over. Venkatesh Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs. Apart from him, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored unbeaten 39 runs. Take a look at some special things about the match…

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Ten years of waiting is over

KKR once again captured the IPL trophy after 10 waits. In IPL, Kolkata has reached the finals four times and has won three times. Gautam Gambhir is also being given full credit for this victory. Kolkata Knight Riders had won both the first titles under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. The first title came in 2012 and the second title came in 2014. Since then, the Kolkata team has been struggling with the title drought. But this year, Gautam Gambhir once again joined KKR as a mentor and the team again won another title.

Questions on Pat Cummins’ decision

When Pat Cummins entered the field for the toss in the final match, he looked quite confused. He said that he is not an expert in reading the pitch. After winning the toss, Cummins decided to bat first, but from the first over of the match till the end of Hyderabad’s innings, this decision did not seem to suit his team. When Abhishek Sharma was out in the first over, the sequence continued again. In front of the fiery balls of Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora, SRH batsmen seemed to forget to play shots. After this, Sunil Narayan, Harshit Rana, and Andre Russell also tested the Hyderabad batsmen continuously.

Strength of KKR batsmen

After the bowlers of KKR, its batsmen showed their strength. The result was that SRH did not get a chance to recover. Captain Pat Cummins did dismiss Sunil Narayan, but after that, he did not get anything done quickly. Venkatesh, who came on the field after Sunil’s dismissal, was seen making the small target even smaller with his fearless style. Rahmanullah Gurbaz supported him and kept hitting good shots. SRH captain Pat Cummins tried all his tricks, but he did not seem to make any impact.

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