 "IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Road to Final")
IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Road to Final. Photo: Sportzpics
The Kolkata Knight Riders will be playing their fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 final when they take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, May 26, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. They have been one of the most consistent teams in the league, winning nine of their 14 matches at the league stage. More importantly, they lost only three games in the entire season before reaching the finale.
Here’s how KKR’s road to IPL 2024 finale has been
Faced a tough ask first up
The Knight Riders were up against the Sunrisers in their first match and despite scoring a huge total of 208/7, they fell under pressure from Heinrich Klaasen, who nearly won the game single-handedly before the Harshit Rana rescue act in the last over.
After that win, they registered an easier victory against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, where they chased down the target of 187 with seven wickets in hand and many balls to spare.
However, against Chennai, Kolkata were outclassed in all three departments and ended up losing badly by seven wickets as they could only score 137/9 in their 20 overs. The yellow brigade chased it comfortably.
The 200-club of the Knight Riders
While these starting matches were tough ones, the Knight Riders, along with the Sunrisers, were the only two teams in the league to consistently get to the milestone of 200-run totals.
KKR’s result of every game played in IPL 2024
|
OPPOSITION |
DATE |
KKR SCORE |
OPP SCORE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
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|
|
SRH |
23/03/24 |
208/7 |
204/7 |
KKR WON BY 4 RUNS |
KOLKATA |
|
RCB |
29/03/24 |
186/3 |
182/6 |
KKR WON BY 7 WKTS |
BENGALURU |
|
DC |
03/04/24 |
272/7 |
166 |
KKR WON BY 106 RUNS |
VIZAG |
|
CSK |
08/04/24 |
137/9 |
141/3 |
CSK WON BY 7 WKTS |
CHENNAI |
|
LSG |
14/04/24 |
162/2 |
161/7 |
KKR WON BY 8 WKTS |
KOLKATA |
|
RR |
16/04/24 |
223/6 |
224/8 |
RR WON BY 2 WKTS |
KOLKATA |
|
RCB |
21/04/24 |
222/6 |
221 |
KKR WON 1 RUN |
KOLKATA |
|
PBKS |
26/04/24 |
261/6 |
262/3 |
PBKS WON BY 8 WKTS |
KOLKATA |
|
DC |
29/04/24 |
157/3 |
153/9 |
KKR WON BY 3 WKTS |
KOLKATA |
|
MI |
03/05/24 |
169 |
145 |
KKR WON BY 24 RUNS |
MUMABI |
|
LSG |
05/05/24 |
235/6 |
137 |
KKR WON BY 98 RUNS |
LUCKNOW |
|
MI |
11/05/24 |
157/7 |
139/8 |
KKR WON BY 18 RUNS |
KOLKATA |
|
GT |
13/05/24 |
NA |
NA |
MATCH ABANDONED WITHOUT TOSS |
AHMEDABAD |
|
RR |
19/05/24 |
NA |
NA |
MATCH ABANDONED WITHOUT TOSS |
GUAWAJATI |
|
SRH |
21/05/24 |
164/2 |
159 |
KKR WON BY 8 WKTS |
AHMEDABAD |
Two matches abandoned
Against arch-rivals Mumbai, Kolkata registered easy wins and their two matches, one each against the Gujarat Titans and the Royals, were abandoned due to bad weather.
The big win in the Qualifier
Courtesy of finishing as the table topper, Kolkata had two bites at the cherry called IPL final. However, they needed just one chance to trounce Hyderabad by a whopping 8 wickets as they chased down 160 with more than six overs to spare
First Published: May 25 2024 | 4:21 PM IST
