Following the conclusion of the Indian Premier League 2024, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah took to social media and thanked the bottom employees on Monday as they labored tirelessly to offer good pitches all through the seventeenth version of the cash-rich league. “The unsung heroes of our profitable T20 season are the unbelievable floor employees who labored tirelessly to offer good pitches, even in troublesome climate situations. As a token of our appreciation, the groundsmen and curators on the 10 common IPL venues will obtain INR 25 lakhs every, and the identical on the 3 extra venues will get INR 10 lakhs every. Thanks in your dedication and laborious work!” Jay Shah wrote on X.

The unsung heroes of our profitable T20 season are the unbelievable floor employees who labored tirelessly to offer good pitches, even in troublesome climate situations. As a token of our appreciation, the groundsmen and curators on the 10 common IPL venues will obtain INR 25…

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) May 27, 2024

Within the closing on Sunday, an all-round efficiency from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), together with fiery spells by Mitchell Starc and Andre Russell and a half-century by Venkatesh Iyer, helped the Purple and Gold aspect safe their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title and their first in 10 years as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets on Sunday at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium.

Sunrisers, which set the T20 cricketing world on fireplace with their fierce hitting, sky-high run-rates, largely as a result of opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, received the style of its personal drugs. In a battle of two huge buys, the Australian stars Cummins (20.5 crores for SRH) and Starc (24.75 crores for KKR), it was the latter who prevailed.

Earlier, SRH gained the toss and elected to bat first. KKR rocked SRH with steady wickets, with the large purchase Mitchell Starc justifying his Rs 24.75 crores price ticket. Solely skipper Pat Cummins (24 in 19 balls, with two fours and a six) and Aiden Markram (20 in 23 balls, with three fours) touched the 20-run mark and SRH was bundled out for 113 in 18.3 overs.

Andre Russell (3/19) was the highest bowler for KKR. Starc (2/14) and Harshit Rana (2/24) additionally contributed effectively with the ball. Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora took a wicket every.

KKR pulled off the run-chase of 114 runs in simply 10.3 overs with eight wickets in hand, with Venkatesh Iyer (52* in 26 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39 in 32 balls, with 5 fours and two sixes) shining for KKR.