The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 came to an incredible end as the Kolkata Knight Riders won their third championship and the Sunrisers Hyderabad had to settle for second place. In addition to receiving a massive prize money of INR 20 crore for winning, KKR also received Rs 12.5 crore from SRH. INR 46.5 crore in prize money was all that the Indian Premier League had set out for the event, and it wasn’t just split amongst the champions and runners-up.
Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who finished 3rd and 4th in the points table respectively, also took home a fair amount of prize money. Sanju Samson’s side were given Rs 7 crore for finishing third while Faf du Plessis’ team got INR 6.5 crore.
RCB’s talisman Virat Kohli won the Orange Cap while the Purple Cap went to Punjab Kings pacer Harshal Patel. Both fetched a prize money of Rs 10 lakh each for their accomplishments this season.
Kohli scored 741 runs in 15 matches at an average of 61.75, with a century and five fifties. His best score was 113* and his strike rate stood at 154.69, the highest it has ever been for Kohli in a single IPL season.
The crafty pacer concluded the tournament with 24 wickets in 14 matches at an economy of 9.73 and an average of 19.87.
Sunrisers’ Nitish Kumar Reddy was named the Emerging Player of the Season for his all-round show while KKR veteran Suil Narine got the Most Valuable Player of the Year award.
Full List Of Prize Winners In IPL 2024:
- Orange Cap: Virat Kohli – 741 runs (Rs 10 lakh)
- Purple Cap: Harshal Patel – 24 wickets (Rs 10 lakh)
- Most Valuable Player of the season: Sunil Narine (Rs 12 lakh)
- Ultimate Fantasy Player of The Season: Sunil Narine
- Most 4s: Travis Head (64)
- Most 6s: Abhishek Sharma (42)
- Striker of the season: Jake Fraser-McGurk (234.04)
- Emerging Player of the season: Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 20 lakh)
- Catch Of The Season: Ramandeep Singh
- Fair Play Award: SRH
- Pitch and ground award: Hyderabad Cricket Association
- Runners-up award: SRH
- Winners: KKR
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Source: NDTV
