The 17th Edition of TATA IPL 2024 was Concluded on 26 May 2024, Sunday. Kolkata Knight Riders Single Handedly beat Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Finals in M.A Chidambaram Stadium. Kolkata Knight Riders Won their third IPL title after nearly a decade. The last time the team won their trophy was in 2014 under the captain and Current Mentor of team Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir brings the Magic after joining the KKR again but in a new role as their Mentor . The tactics and plan worked in their favour that helped the KKR Management to bring their third trophy in the cabinet.
In this edition of TATA IPL 2024 we have witnessed a total number of 74 Matches. Many Records are broken this year like the highest chase against KKR for PBKS. SRH and KKR both broke the RCB highest run record in one innings. The Season for this edition was a destructive one as bowlers were beaten brutally in some venues. With the impact player rule being used in the edition of TATA IPL 2024, the dynamics of the game changed. 200 plus total was not much secure as targets are being chased so much easily. Let us see the whole journey of the tournament in short summary.
TATA IPL 2024 Important Moments in the League Matches
Match 1, CSK vs RCB – Curtain raiser in Chennai. Routine home win for new skipper Ruturaj
Match 3, KKR vs SRH – Harshit Rana holds his nerve against a rampaging Klaasen
Match 5, GT vs MI – Hardik Pandya booed by both sets of fans. MI mess up the chase
Match 6, RCB vs PBKS – DK rolls back the clock. RCB pull off a heist against Punjab
Match 8, SRH vs MI – Records tumble as a whopping 523 runs are scored in a span of 40 overs
Match 10, RCB vs KKR – First away win of the season. Gambhir’s men silence Chinnaswamy
Match 11, LSG vs PBKS – Welcome Mayank Yadav! The speedster blows away Punjab
Match 13, DC vs CSK – Dhoni’s cameo leaves both fans happy despite CSK’s loss
Match 16, DC vs KKR – The Sunil Narine onslaught crushes DC to a 106 run defeat
Match 17, GT vs PBKS – Shashank’s redemption. Uncapped Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma steal away a game from GT
Match 19, RR vs RCB – Kohli’s SR under the scanner despite his ton as RR chase 184 on a canter
Match 20, MI vs DC – David, Romario go ballistic at the death as MI pick up first win
Match 23, PBKS vs SRH – Ashutosh Sharma almost pulls off another heist, SRH win by 2 runs
Match 24, RR vs GT – Ice in the veins of Rashid Khan. GT chase down 197 off the final ball
Match 25, MI vs RCB – SKY falls on RCB. Back-to-back wins for MI
Match 29, MI vs CSK – Chennai win on enemy soil despite a Rohit Sharma hundred
Match 30, SRH vs RCB – Century for Head. SRH score a record 287 runs. Bowlers are in hiding
Match 31, KKR vs RR – Jos the Boss. Rajasthan chase down 224 thanks to a Buttler hundred
Match 36, KKR vs RCB – By the barest of margins. A last ball run out leaves RCB with a one-run loss
Match 39, CSK vs LSG – Fortress Chepauk breached thanks to a one-man show from Marcus Stoinis
Match 40, DC vs GT – Rishabh Pant stands tall with a 43-ball 88 to help Delhi win
Match 42, KKR vs PBKS – The record chase down. Bairstow’s hundred and Shashank’s 50 helps Punjab chase 262 with an over to spare
Match 43, MI vs DC – Welcome to IPL, Jake Fraser-McGurk! The young Aussie demolishes MI with a 27-ball 84
Match 45, GT vs RCB – Will Jacks accelerates from 50 to 100 in 10 balls. Kohli hits back at his critics on strike rate
Match 50, SRH vs RR – Bhuvi Kumar gets Powell LBW off the last ball. SRH win by 1 run
Match 51, MI vs KKR – KKR’s first win in Wankhede since 2012. They defend a paltry target despite dew
Match 57, SRH vs LSG – A target of 166 chased down under 10 overs by Head and Sharma. Rahul berated by the owners
Match 59, GT vs CSK – Twin hundreds from Gill and Sai Sudharsan sink CSK
Match 65, RR vs PBKS – Skipper Sam Curran’s parting gift for PBKS as he stars with ball and bat
Match 68, RCB vs CSK – In a battle for 4th place, RCB won by 27 runs to climb above CSK on net run rate. Fans celebrate into the night
Kolkata Knight Riders ended up at first position after the league games were over. Sunrisers Hyderabad ended up at second spot with an excellent performance in the league matches. Rajasthan Royals ended their campaign of league matches for third spot. Royal Challengers Bengaluru miraculously performed well in their last six league matches and gained 4th spot to qualify for play off.
TATA IPL 2024 Play Off Encounter :
Match 71, KKR Vs SRH – Qualifier 1 : KKR Convincingly beat SRH in the first qualifier and register their ticket to finals of TATA IPL 2024
Match 72, RR Vs RCB – Eliminator : Despite having good momentum, RCB fails to defeat RR in the eliminator round. RR defeated them and registered themselves for semi-finals.
Match 73, RR Vs SRH – Qualifier 2 : In this high intense qualifier SRH holds the Nerve and beats RR to Qualify for the Finals of TATA IPL 2024
Match 74, KKR Vs SRH – Final : The edition ends with KKR dominating the whole tournament and defeating SRH in one sided game. KKR lift the trophy third time nearly after a decade.
TATA IPL Awards Ceremony 2024 :
| Awards | Player | Price |
| Punch EV Electric Striker Of The Match( Final) | Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| My 11 Circle Ultimate Fantasy Player Of The Match (final) | Mitchell Starc (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Angel One Most Sixes Of The Match (Final) | Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Rupay On The Go Fours of Match (Final) | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Green Dot Balls Of The Match (Final) | Harshit Rana (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Player Of The Match (Final) | Mitchell Starc (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Punch EV Electric Striker Of The Season | Jake Fraser-Mcgurk (DC) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| My 11 Circle Ultimate Fantasy Player of The Season | Sunil Narine (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Angel One Super Sixes Of The Season | Abhishek Sharma (SRH) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Rupay On The Go Fours Of The Season | Travis Head (SRH) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Emerging Player Of The Season | Nitish Reddy (SRH) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Fair Play Award Of The Season | Sunrisers Hyderabad | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Catch Of The Season | Ramandeep Singh (KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Pitch and Ground Staff Award | Hyderabad Cricket Association | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Orange Cap | Virat Kohli (RCB) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Purple Cap | Harshal Patel (PBKS) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| Most Valuable Player | Sunil Narine(KKR) | INR 10 Lakhs |
| IPL Title Winners | Kolkata Knight Riders | INR 20 Cr. |
| IPL Runners-up | Sunrisers Hyderabad | INR 12.5 Cr. |