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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) became the winners of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday, May 26, as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to be crowned IPL 2024 champions.
For KKR, this is their third title in the history of the richest cricket league. They last won their title in 2014 and their first title in 2012.
However, for Hyderabad City, this will be their third title as Deccan Chargers, who represented Hyderabad before Sun Group took ownership of the City franchise in 2013, had won the title in 2009. Thus this is the third IPL championship battle. It is between Kolkata and Hyderabad.
Apart from these two, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) have won the IPL trophy five times each. Rajasthan Royals, who won the inaugural season of the IPL in 20008, have one title to their name and Gujarat Titans are the latest winners of the title after winning it in their inaugural season in 2022 as well.
While MI won all its titles under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Chennai did the same under MS Dhoni. RR won its only title under Shane Warne and Hardik Pandya won the Titans Trophy. Gautam Gambhir was the captain of KKR during their two title-winning seasons. He is now the mentor of the team. Deccan Chargers won their only trophy under the leadership of Adam Gilchrist, while Hyderabad won the trophy with David Warner as captain. Thus only Indian and Australian players have won the IPL trophy as captain.