The 31st match of IPL 2024 was played on 16 April between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Thanks to Jos Buttler’s century, Rajasthan defeated KKR by 2 wickets. Jos Buttler single-handedly overpowered the Kolkata team which came out to chase the target of 224 runs set by Kolkata.

Rajasthan successfully achieved the target of 224 runs and equaled the record of Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings successfully chased the target of 220 runs in IPL by losing 6 wickets. In today’s match, Rajasthan successfully chased 224 runs for 8 wickets and equaled this record.

Like always, Shahrukh Khan also came to watch this match in Kolkata. Shahrukh has been with the KKR team since the inaugural edition and has seen his team go through many ups and downs. Shahrukh Khan’s face was sad after this defeat. Amidst the match, legendary female cricketers Jhulan Goswami and Shahrukh Khan met each other and then hugged.

It can be seen in the video that Jhulan Goswami came to meet Shahrukh Khan and then greeted him. After this, Shahrukh Khan again shook hands and hugged him. Then there was some conversation between the two, along with Shahrukh Khan and Goswami, KKR Managing Director Venky Mysore was also present there.

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After the end of the match, Shahrukh Khan gave a motivational speech where he boosted the morale of KKR players and their mentor Gautam Gambhir.

“There are some days in our lives, especially in sports, when we do not deserve to lose. At the same time, there come some days when we do not deserve victory. But there are days that change things. Today, we did not deserve to lose, we all played very well.”

“We should be very proud of ourselves. Please don’t feel sad or disappointed. Feel as happy as we do every time we walk into this changing room.”