Here’s Kolkata Knight Riders journey in IPL history

On Sunday, Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy for the third time.

KKR had previously won the IPL titles in 2012 and 2014 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir, who is presently the mentor of the Shreyas Iyer-led outfit. This season they had dominated by finishing on top at the end of the league stage with nine wins from 14 games.

Gambhir has played a pivotal role in India’s win in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup and the ODI World Cup final in 2011 and led KKR to twin IPL titles in 2012 and 2014. He returned to KKR this season as a team mentor and has changed their fortunes with the Knights demolishing Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.

KKR’s journey in IPL

Long wait

After 10 years, including a near miss in 2021, the IPL trophy is now headed to Kolkata as Shreyas Iyer’s boys came up with a power-packed show to down Hyderabad by eight wickets and 57 balls to spare to make it the shortest final ever. Usually, they have done it with the bat, but this time it was their bowlers who blew away the opponents.

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