Gautam Gambhir’s HEARTFELT Message For Kolkata Knight Riders Fans Ahead of IPL 2024 Final Goes VIRAL
Ahmedabad: The belief is that Gautam Gambhir’s presence has been instrumental in changing the fortunes of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Well, now that the KKR side is in the final of IPL 2024, mentor of the side Gambhir had a message for all fans. After the eight-wicket win over the Sunrisers on Tuesday at the Narendra Modi stadium, Gambhir urged fans to make it a ‘purple’ wave on May 26. The summit clash takes place at the M. Chidambaram in Chennai. It was a comfortable win for the Knight Riders as they did not have to fight till the end. His tweet read, “Need a purple wave on May 26! Come on KKR fam!”
Here is Gambhir’s tweet after the game:
Need a purple wave on May 26! Come on KKR fam! pic.twitter.com/gLVsgso4Ib
— Gautam Gambhir (Modi Ka Parivar) (@GautamGambhir) May 21, 2024
Earlier, unbeaten half-centuries by captain Shreyas Iyer (58*) and Venkatesh Iyer (51*) guided the Knights to the win.
Hyderabad will have another chance to face KKR in the final as they will next take on the winner of the Eliminator match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chennai on Friday.
Chasing 160, openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine gave KKR an electric start in the Powerplay overs as the due scored runs at a run rate of over 10 runs per over.
The first-wicket partnership lasted for 44 runs in 20 balls before T. Natrajan made inroads in the fourth over. The pacer removed Gurbaz at the score of 23 to bring the side back in the game after the thundering start in the chase.
Venkatesh Iyer joined Narine in the middle and kept the momentum going as they added 23 runs before Pat Cummins got Narine (21) in his first over into the attack just after the powerplay.
Shreyas Iyer walked out to bat at No. 4 and built the match-winning partnership for the side that allowed them to chase the total with 38 balls to spare.