- Monday, February 24, 2025
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine was picked as the most valuable player of the edition.
By: Shubham Ghosh
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) on Sunday (26) lifted their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title after they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a one-sided final of the 2024 edition at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
SRH, led by Australian speedster Pat Cummins, won the toss and elected to bat but his team had a repeat of the horrendous show displayed in the first qualifier in Ahmedabad on Monday (21) as a flawless bowling performance from KKR reduced them to 90 for 8.
Cummins himself was the top scorer for his side with 24 but yet Hyderabad were all out for a paltry 113, the lowest score in any IPL final. Kolkata needed a little over 10 overs to overhaul the target, losing just two wickets. Venkatesh Iyer scored yet another unbeaten fifty against the same opponent to take the side home which burst into celebrations soon after.
Read: Kolkata hammer Hyderabad to win third IPL title
The match marked the end of a marathon tournament which had kicked off on March 22 in Chennai with a match between last year’s champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In all, 74 matches were played in the tournament that saw a record number of sixes (1,260) getting hit.
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Here is the list of awards related to the tournament and who received them:
Winners: Kolkata Knight Riders (third title after 2012, 2014)
Runners-up: Sunrisers Hyderabad
Emerging player of the season: Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)
Ultimate fantasy player of the season: Sunil Narine (KKR)
Most valuable player: Sunil Narine (KKR)
Orange Cap (Highest run getter): Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) who scored 741 runs in 15 matches
Purple Cap (Highest wicket taker): Harshal Patel (Punjab Super Kings) who took 24 wickets in 24 matches
Most Sixes Award: Abhishek Sharma (SRH) who hit 42 sixes in 16 matches
Most Fours Award: Travis Head (SRH) who hit 64 fours in 16 matches
Striker of the Season Award: Jake Fraser-McGurk (Delhi Capitals) with 234.04
Catch of the Season: Ramandeep Singh (KKR)
Fair Play Award: SRH
Pitch and Ground Award: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Winners’ prize money: Rs 20 crore (£1.8 million)
Runners-up prize money: Rs 13 crore (£1.2 million)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (KKR)
Fantasy player of the match: Mitchell Starc (KKR)
Most sixes in the match: Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) who hit three
Most fours in the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR) who hit five
Bowlers bowling most dot balls in the match: Harshit Rana (KKR) who bowled 14 such deliveries
