Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders: The final match of IPL 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, in which Kolkata won by 8 wickets with 57 balls remaining. In this way, Kolkata captured the title for the third time in IPL. During this, all the players of KKR looked very happy. At the same time, all-rounder Andre Russell became emotional, who has become the champion in IPL for the first time.

Talking about the final match, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and batted first and scored 113 runs in 18.3 overs, which was also the lowest total in IPL final history. During this, Andre Russell took the most 3 wickets for KKR by spending 19 runs in 2.3 overs. Apart from him, Mitchell Starc and Harshit Rana took 2-2 wickets. Chasing the small target of 114, Kolkata Knight Riders won easily by losing 2 wickets in 10.3 overs. Venkatesh Iyer scored the most runs from their side, 52* in 26 balls.

Andre Russell got emotional when KKR became the champion

Andre Russell has played an important role in making Kolkata Knight Riders the champion in IPL 2024. He scored 222 runs while batting this season and also took 19 wickets in bowling. Andre Russell became emotional while talking to broadcasters after KKR's title win. Actually, Russell has been a part of KKR for a long time, but he has won the IPL title for the first time.

Talking to Matthew Hayden, Russell said that I don't have words to explain right now. It (winning the title) means a lot. I think with all the fans who have been supporting us throughout this season. We players have worked hard every single game to get the job done. This is the right time to celebrate. We remained disciplined throughout the tournament. We are happy that we performed well. I am very happy.

Let us tell you that Andre Russell made his IPL debut for Delhi Daredevils, but in 2014 he became a part of Kolkata Knight Riders and is still associated with this franchise. He had given many great performances but could not become a champion yet and now his dream has also come true.