IPL 2024 Final: Kolkata bowlers set up win as Venkatesh Iyer clinches title against Hyderabad
The Kolkata Knight Riders have been crowned Indian Premier League champions for a third time.
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Venkatesh Iyer ran towards the other end of the crease, arms outstretched. Shreyas Iyer did the same en route to the other end of the crease to complete the run. And with it, the Kolkata Knight Riders had won their third Indian Premier League title.
That was not, however, the first time a player in the Kolkata purple ran and celebrated, with arms wide open, at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. The festivities, in fact, had already begun in the first innings.
Put out to bowl first, the Kolkata bowling unit tormented the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. A team that set a new IPL record for highest score in an innings was sent packing for 113, after 18.3 overs by the Kolkata bowlers.
It was a small target, one that the Knight Riders chased down with 57 balls to spare in a memorable eight wicket win.
But it wasn’t just only on Sunday that the Knight Riders proved to be the better team. They have shown throughout the season how strong and well-oiled a unit they are. The openers have fired, the middle order has been effective, and the bowlers shown the stomach for a fight in what has been a season where the batters have dominated.
It is a combination that...
