IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders team looks like a strong contender to win the title. This season, KKR has achieved a big feat under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer.
If any team is playing the most dangerous and best in IPL, then it is Kolkata Knight Riders. Everything is going right for KKR this season. Almost all their players are in form, which is benefiting the team. From 2008 till now, this team has been captained by legendary players like Sourav Ganguly, Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik.
The KKR team had also lifted the trophy under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir in 2012 and 2014, but the feat that this team has done under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer had never happened in the last 16 seasons. After all, what is this wonder, let us know…
KKR has reached the playoffs
KKR is the first team in IPL 2024 to qualify. This team has won 9 out of 13 matches and scored 19 points. 1 match was canceled due to rain, in which only 1 point was scored. The team’s net run rate plus is 1.428 and it is at number 1 in the points table. Now the special thing is that this team will finish only at number one in the entire season, because after looking at all the equations, it has been decided that no other team can now score 19 points.
RR could have beaten
Actually, in the 65th match of IPL 2024, Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. After this defeat, it has become clear that no team will reach 19 points, if Rajasthan had won this match, it could have had 20 points, but it did not happen. Now RR can score at most 18 points as they have 16 points and one match left. In this way, it is certain that KKR will remain at the first position in the points table.
Now KKR will finish at number 1 only
Even if KKR loses its next match against RR, it will remain at number 1. This will be the first time in the history of IPL, when this team will finish at number 1. This miracle is going to happen under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, that is why he has emerged as a hero. Iyer’s bat has been silent this season, he has scored only 181 runs in 12 matches. He could score only one fifty, but he was a hit in terms of captaincy, hence he is dominant.
Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy record
Under the captaincy of young right-handed batsman Shreyas Iyer, the KKR team has played 26 matches so far, during which it has won 15 and lost 11 matches. Last season he could not play due to injury. Nitish Rana took command in his place.
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