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'As A Leader He...': Former AUS World Cup Winner On Shreyas Iyer's Captaincy As KKR Storm Into IPL 2024 Finals

Shreyas Iyer's KKR stormed to the finals (AP Photo) Shreyas Iyer's KKR stormed to the finals (AP Photo)

Kolkata Knight Riders had a fire-cracking night as they silenced Pat Cummins' Sunrisers Hyderabad after defeating them by 8 wickets and reached the IPL 2024 Finals. 

Their entire campaign has been absolutely stunning and the big credit of this has to go to their skipper, Shreyas Iyer. He is bringing the best out of the entire team,  as is seen evidently in all the games till now. 

After KKR's impressive performance, Australian legend Shane Watson talked about the team and how Iyer's leadership has been a successful one. 


Here's what he said:

"Shreyas Iyer as a leader has had a lot of success, he's getting the best of the people around him. It's not just him doing his thing and performing well, the team around him are doing very well, which is a telltale sign that you as a leader doing a great job".

In IPL 2024, he has scored 345 runs from 13 innings with his highest score of the season being 58 not out. In there last game against SRH he stitched a match winning partnership alongside, Venkatesh Iyer and smashed 58 runs off 24 balls with 5 boundaries and 4 maximums.