Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final of the Indian Premier League 2024 to lift their third trophy. All the players, owners and the support staff celebrated in Chennai.

Bollywood superstar and co-owner of the franchise, Shah Rukh Khan, met the players and coaching staff to congratulate them for a successful season in the cash-rich league. He lifted the trophy and clicked photos will everyone associated with the Knight Riders.

Gautam Gambhir, who returned to the franchise as a mentor, was instrumental in his franchise’s exceptional run.

SRK took to social media to hail the players and support staff.

“I cannot do a lot of things and you cannot do them all either…but together we manage most of them. That’s what @KKRiders stood for. Simply being together,” he said in his post “Beyond the ability and guidance of @gautamgambhir55 (Gautam Gambhir… the earnestness of Chandu (head coach Chandrakant Pandit), the love of abhisheknayar (assistant coach) & leadership of @shreyasiyer96 (captain)… the dedication of Tendo (assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate), @bharathi__arun (bowling coach) @1crowey (spin bowling coach Carl Crowe) & @leamonnathan (analyst Nathan Leamon)… this team is built on no hierarchy just pure respect for collaboration.”