Updated 25-Oct-2021 • Published 14-Oct-2021
Live Report - Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2021 Qualifier 2, Sharjah
Overview
- It's one more, and the last, chance for Delhi Capitals, the top team in the league stage but now looking a little ragged, and the resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders to make a dash for the final. So this is it. Win, and take on Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2021 final. Lose, and it's the long journey home.
- You can follow the live coverage of this match in English as well as in Hindi. And if you're in the USA, you can watch the match live on ESPN+ both in English and in Hindi.
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So Pant and Ponting have got their batting cover back. That means this line-up can go hard all though. A slowdown in the middle overs against CSK might well have cost them their last game. None of that nonsense tonight.
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Callout
Kohli's strike-rate in the death overs in all T20 cricket. Among batters who faced at least 200 balls in that phase, only de Villiers, Gayle and Russell have a higher strike-rate
Match feature
KKR have made only three runs in the last 12 balls. And there have been two wickets as well.
Fairly big ones. The set batter Gill. And the finisher Karthik.
Capitals now need 10 off 12 balls. R Ashwin and Anrich Nortje with overs remaining.
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It all comes down to the last over
70000 What Ashwin needs to defend
KKR have made only three runs in the last 12 balls. And there have been two wickets as well.
Fairly big ones. The set batter Gill. And the finisher Karthik.
Capitals now need 10 off 12 balls. R Ashwin and Anrich Nortje with overs remaining.
How the last over went
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Only three off the 19th over. AND A WICKET TOO! Six runs and four wickets off the last 19 balls.
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So Pant and Ponting have got their batting cover back. That means this line-up can go hard all though. A slowdown in the middle overs against CSK might well have cost them their last game. None of that nonsense tonight.
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Ashwin
So Pant and Ponting have got their batting cover back. That means this line-up can go hard all though. A slowdown in the middle overs against CSK might well have cost them their last game. None of that nonsense tonight.
Delhi Capitals: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Axar Patel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Avesh Khan
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Down to the final over
What Ashwin needs to defend
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Final score
So Pant and Ponting have got their batting cover back. That means this line-up can go hard all though. A slowdown in the middle overs against CSK might well have cost them their last game. None of that nonsense tonight.
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Is there a twist?
KKR have made only three runs in the last 12 balls. And there have been two wickets as well.
Fairly big ones. The set batter Gill. And the finisher Karthik.
Capitals now need 10 off 12 balls. R Ashwin and Anrich Nortje with overs remaining.
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Gautam Gambhir and Sanjay Manjrekar discuss the game
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Tripathi creates a moment to savour
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It all comes down to the last over
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Nortje finishes off! And he finishes Eoin Morgan off too!
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Only three off the 19th over. AND A WICKET TOO! Six runs and four wickets off the last 19 balls.
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Is there a twist?
KKR have made only three runs in the last 12 balls. And there have been two wickets as well.
Fairly big ones. The set batter Gill. And the finisher Karthik.
Capitals now need 10 off 12 balls. R Ashwin and Anrich Nortje with overs remaining.
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Delhi Capitals squad
Big change for the Capitals: Marcus Stoinis is in and Tom Curran is out
So Pant and Ponting have got their batting cover back. That means this line-up can go hard all though. A slowdown in the middle overs against CSK might well have cost them their last game. None of that nonsense tonight.
Delhi Capitals: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Axar Patel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Avesh Khan
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Should Capitals stick with Tom Curran?
Knight Riders will bowl
And it's the same team, so no Andre Russell. Their captain Eoin Morgan is also happy he can help his bowers avoid dew if it comes in later in the night.
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Venkatesh Iyer, 3 Rahul Tripathi, 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Eoin Morgan (capt), 7 Shakib Al Hasan, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Shivam Mavi
Qualifier 2 - This is it
Bowlers win you tournaments. Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders have invested heavily on that fact. Their seasons have turned around on the back of incredible performances from people like Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy. But all of their good work will be for nothing if they don't win tonight.
Performing under pressure is the biggest indicator of a big-match player. And everyone wants to be a big-match player. That's what we dream of when we're out in the backyard. That's also what they dreamed of too. And here's their chance. Twenty-two men will step out on the field tonight. Eleven of them will go home (Or well go to a different bio-bubble). The other eleven of will go on.
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