Chennai: It was a night to remember for the Knight Riders as they clinched their third IPL title on Sunday in Chennai with an eight-wicket win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad. But now, with the season over, the Knights would have to go back to the drawing board and chalk out a plan for the next season. Who are the players they would retain? So many players have come up with brilliant performances and that is what will make it difficult for the management to retain only a few. Here are the four players we think KKR would retain ahead of the mega auction.
“We played like invincibles throughout the season. There’s so much to cherish right now. It is pleasing, the performance has been flawless throughout. I am running out of words right now. We have been tremendous from game one, we stepped up today,” Iyer said at the post-match presentation.
“All we demanded from ourselves was to back each other whatever the situation is. The game could have either way. They have been playing phenomenal cricket – SRH – throughout the season. We were lucky to bowl first and every situation went in our favour. Thanks to SRH the way they played. Looking forward to play more competitive cricket,” he added.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 113 in 18.3 overs (Pat Cummins 24, Aiden Markram 20; Andre Russell 3-19, Mitchell Starc 2-14) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 in 10.3 overs (Venkatesh Iyer 52 not out, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 39; Pat Cummins 1-18, Shahbaz Ahmed 1-22) by eight wickets.
