Chris Gayle celebrates KKR's IPL 2024 victory on yacht, sends a special message to Russell & Narine

West Indies cricket icon Chris Gayle, known as the ‘Universe Boss,’ celebrated the Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) triumphant win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in his signature style. KKR secured their third IPL title with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on May 26, 2024. The Shreyas Iyer-led side was dominant throughout the match, culminating in a well-deserved win in Chennai.

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Chris Gayle congratulates KKR from a yacht

Post-victory, Chris Gayle, a former KKR batter, took to social media to share his celebrations from a luxurious yacht. In a video that quickly went viral, Gayle was seen dancing to the popular song "Danza Kuduro," wishing the KKR team and fans.

In his celebratory message, Chris Gayle extended heartfelt congratulations to the KKR team and gave a special shout-out to his former teammates, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. 

“Hey Kolkata Knight Riders, congratulations. IPL champion 2024. Congratulations. Dre Russ, Sunil Narine….KKR IPL champion 2024. Congratulations,” Gaylse said on the big win.

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KKR vs SRH, IPL 2024 Final

Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical effort with the ball to dismiss Sunrisers Hyderabad for 113 in the Indian Premier League final here on Sunday.

This is the lowest ever total in an IPL final.

Mitchell Starc (2/14), Andre Russell (3/19) and Harshit Rana (2/24) were the most successful bowlers for the Knight Riders, as SRH simply failed to turn up for the big game.

Opting to bat first, SRH were off to a disastrous start as they lost their top guns Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head with just six runs on the board, with the latter getting dismissed for a first-ball duck to a beautiful outswinger.

Before that, Abhishek was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the fifth ball of the first over, a peach of a delivery opening up the left-hander before hitting the top of the off stump.

SRH were in all sorts of trouble as Starc accounted for the wicket of Rahul Tripathi to leave them reeling at 21/3 in the fifth over, the swing doing the trick for KKR bowlers early on.

First-change bowler Harshit Rana continued the good work and got rid of Nitish Reddy (13). Andre Russell dismissed Aiden Markram in his first over as SRH slipped to 62/5 in the 11th over.

SRH could not recover from there.

(With PTI inputs)