pumped over the bowler's head! Knight Riders make the final. Capitals are eliminated. Gets one on a good length and wide off off, and hammers a blow back for a powerful six to seal the deal. Cool, calm and collected. Cracked away to shatter Capitals' hopes.
RESULT
Qualifier 2 (N), Sharjah, October 13, 2021, Indian Premier League
135/5
(19.5/20 ov, T:136) 136/7
KKR won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
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Scorecard summary
Delhi Capitals • 135/5(20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 36 (39)
Varun Chakravarthy2/26 (4)
Shreyas Iyer *30 (27)
Lockie Ferguson1/26 (4)
Kolkata Knight Riders • 136/7(19.5 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 55 (41)
Kagiso Rabada2/23 (4)
Shubman Gill 46 (46)
Ravichandran Ashwin2/27 (3.5)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
And on that note, it's time for us to say goodbye. What a game, what a night. Hope to have your company come Friday for CSK v KKR. Until then, this is Himanshu Agrawal, Shashank Kishore and Venkat Raghav saying goodbye. Cheers everyone. Enjoy the festivities, do stay safe and vaccinate yourself as soon as you can.
Time for the post-match presentations even as Pant and Ponting continue to have a serious, serious discussion just outside the dressing room.
Eoin Morgan: "Should've been a lot easier after the start we got, Venky and Gill set us the platform. Dew came in and all, but hey, we're in the final and we're delighted to get over the line. Would've loved to win convincingly but Capitals are a very good side. Six off two, the odds were probably in favour of the bowling side, but Rahul Tripathi has done superbly well for us. It's a nice insight into our team culture - the young guys coming in feel free to express themselves. The backroom staff have created an environment for them to do this. With the squad we have, there's expectation. Hopefully we can implement all that we've strategised. Venky Iyer idea [his elevation] came from the coach, my god, he's a terrific player. Made the chase easy, looks like he was batting on a different wicket. We would like to keep going, playing against CSK, one of the best franchises in IPL history. Anything can happen."
Venkatesh Iyer is Player of the Match for his 55 off 41 balls. "Doing what has been asked of me, extremely happy to have won the game. There's no difference [domestic] to IPL, have come here and play the way I wanted to play. Happy that the management allowed me to the freedom to play the way I do. For the past couple of games, I was restricting myself, trying to bat till the end, but I realised that wasn't me. I wanted to revert to the way I've been playing. I'm not thinking about the Indian team, have one more game and want to stay fully focused on that."
10pm Phew! What a finish. And just like in 2012, the Chennai Super Kings will face off against KKR. A side that is known to make finals for fun against a side that has never lost a final. What a game we have coming up on Friday.
Tripathi after that match-winning six: "It feels great. The win was very important. One or tough overs, and it would so deep we never thought. The 18th over was a great over by Rabada. I had to just connect one, and luckily I connected today, so I am very happy. The communication with Lockie was that if there is a possible two, then we will run it. It was difficult once you go in. Straightaway to get those boundaries was difficult. The ball was keeping a little low. After the first phase, we were a little down. We were always looking for positive options."
Kiran Kadam : "Rishabh Pant was visibly emotional after last match. Today he'll be shattered!!" --- But he should be proud to have carried his team this far.
Pant after a hurting loss: "Can't change anything after the match. Always we kept on believing, and stayed in the game for as long as possible. The bowlers pulled it back. They bowled really well through the middle overs. We were stuck, and unable to rotate the strike. Hopefully we can come back net year for a stronger season. We played really good cricket throughout the season. We stuck together, and cared for each other. Hopefully we will improve next year and come back strongly."
Ponting lurking around the park to ensure his players are not in the worst of moods. Avesh and Nortje with a dull face in the dugout.
Chandan: "Match of the Tournament Without a doubt!!"
Swapnil : "So no new champion, huh"
Nimesh Roshen: "A SIX FOR THE HAT-TRICK BALL "
9.43pm What a game! Even Ponting can't help but offer half a smile. And we can breathe now. Capitals fought tooth and nail despite posting just 135, and had their opponents under the wood for a good while in the death overs.
19.5
6
Ashwin to Tripathi, SIX runs
Ashwin from over the wicket, but to Tripathi. Hat-trick ball.
Ferguson is the new man.
James : "Did someone say "twists" earlier?"
19.4
W
Ashwin to Narine, OUT
and taken at long-off! Damn! Ashwin gets two in two. He is on a hat-trick. But more than that, Capitals still remain afloat. He bowls with a wide-arm action, and goes full on off. Narine came down the track to try and clear the rope, but toe-ended the shot to lob that right where Axar sat
Sunil Narine c Patel b Ashwin 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
Ashwin from around the wicket, but Pant first adjusts the field.
6 to get off 3. Will Narine aim for the boundary?
Pant and Ashwin in a chat...
Narine now... Phew!
Moin: "Drama!"
19.3
W
Ashwin to Shakib, OUT
walks across off trying to scoop, but the ball strikes his back pad! Ashwin is up in a celebr-appeal, and it is given! Oh my, where is this going? The ball was full on middle and off, and replays show the ball would have crashed into middle and off. Bang!
Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Ashwin 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 0
19.2
•
Ashwin to Shakib, no run
goes sweeping to this full ball outside leg after playing by making room, but the ball hits his back thigh
Shakib is the new batter. Ashwin around the stumps.
Capitals taking their time here. Shakib looks around the field too.
19.1
1
Ashwin to Tripathi, 1 run
pulled away to long-on's right, as Ashwin bowls short and wide of off
Ashwin to Tripathi. Over the wicket.
7 required off 6.
NJ: "Only if Iyer did not misfield or Ashwin dit not drop catch"
end of over 193 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 129/5CRR: 6.78 • RRR: 7.00 • Need 7 from 6b
Rahul Tripathi5 (9b)
Anrich Nortje 4-0-31-2
Kagiso Rabada 4-0-23-2
18.6
W
Nortje to Morgan, OUT
chopped on! What is going on here? Another Knight Riders batter succumbs. This is a good length ball wide of off, which Morgan looks to hoick away, but gets a bottom edge on to his stumps, which are lit up after the ball lands there on the bounce. Nortje is all pumped up after that, as he leaves his side with a glimmer of hope in the final over
Eoin Morgan b Nortje 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 0
SARFAS SACHU: "If only there was few more runs to defend" --- Only if...
18.5
•
Nortje to Morgan, no run
goes slashing at this full and wide ball away from his body, but misses. Pant appeals for a caught behind, but doesn't get any support from his team-mates
7 off 8...
18.4
•
Nortje to Morgan, no run
dot ball! Pushed to cover, where it is Axar now. Morgan makes room and skips down, as Nortje bowls fullish on middle and leg
Nortje to come from over the wicket.
Morgan, the new batter, on strike. He has been short of runs of late.
18.3
1
Nortje to Tripathi, 1 run
pulls at this hard length ball on off to long-on for a single
18.2
•
Nortje to Tripathi, no run
strikes his back pad to arouse some excitement, but that is not leg before for sure. The ball was very full on leg, as the batter got his front leg out of the way and got an inside edge on to his pad
Manu: "What an over Rabada!!!"
18.1
2
Nortje to Tripathi, 2 runs
misfield at cover, and that allows two! Iyer the fielder there. Back of a length ball on off, and Tripathi just punched that off the back foot. Ah, would have been a dot ball otherwise had Iyer not missed
Nortje over the wicket
Ummm, some late drama maybe?
10 required off 12.
end of over 181 run • 1 wicket
KKR: 126/4CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 5.00 • Need 10 from 12b
Rahul Tripathi2 (6b)
Kagiso Rabada 4-0-23-2
Avesh Khan 4-0-22-1
17.6
W
Rabada to Karthik, OUT
the middle and off stumps are dislodged! Rabada bowls back of a length just outside off, and with seam up. Karthik looks to hoick that away to the on side, but gets an inside edge. There is life left in this game yet, as Capitals take it deep
Dinesh Karthik b Rabada 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 0
Remains over the stumps to Karthik
17.5
1
Rabada to Tripathi, 1 run
finally gets one away. Slashes at this short ball just outside off, and plays to deep point
17.4
•
Rabada to Tripathi, no run
four dots in a row now. Dances down to this good length ball outside off, but finds the man at cover, who stops with a little movement to his right
17.3
•
Rabada to Tripathi, no run
another dot ball. This is a touch fuller and outside off, and again stays a little low as he can't bat on ball
17.2
•
Rabada to Tripathi, no run
good change of pace, and beats the batter! Tripathi looks to pull that back of a length ball on off, but misses, as the ball goes over the stumps
17.1
•
Rabada to Tripathi, no run
sharp movement into the batter! Pitches on a good length on middle and darts back in while keeping low. Tapped from deep in his crease
Rabada now over the wicket
Pari: "With Narine still in hut , it's just a matter of two balls."
end of over 172 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 125/3CRR: 7.35 • RRR: 3.66 • Need 11 from 18b
Dinesh Karthik0 (2b)
Rahul Tripathi1 (1b)
Avesh Khan 4-0-22-1
Anrich Nortje 3-0-28-1
16.6
•
Avesh Khan to Karthik, no run
short and wide of off, and with change of pace. Karthik thinks about jabbing at that, but lets it go as the ball dies to Pant
16.5
•
Avesh Khan to Karthik, no run
yorker length on middle, and clipped to midwicket with the closed face of the bat. Misfield there, but no run conceded
Karthik in now. Avesh stays over the wicket.
16.4
W
Avesh Khan to Gill, OUT
pocketed by Pant! Gill gets an outside edge to this full ball slightly wide of off, as he plays with a horizontal bat. The ball takes the top edge and takes off, as Pant leaps a little high and to his right, leaving the gloves open for the ball to arrive comfortably
Shubman Gill c †Pant b Avesh Khan 46 (46b 1x4 1x6 80m) SR: 100
Best performances - batters
VR IyerKKR
55 runs (41)
4 fours3 sixes
Control
73%
Productive shot
slog shot
24 runs
1 four3 sixes
Shubman GillKKR
46 runs (46)
1 four1 six
Control
77%
Productive shot
flick
13 runs
0 four0 six
Best performances - bowlers
K RabadaDC
O
4
M
0
R
23
W
2
ECO
5.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
CV VarunKKR
O
4
M
0
R
26
W
2
ECO
6.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
Match details
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | |
| Toss | Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2021 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Kolkata Knight Riders advanced |
| Hours of play (local time) | 18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20 |
| Match days | 13 October 2021 - night (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
Language
English
Win Probability
KKR 100%
DCKKR100%50%100%
Over 20 • KKR 136/7
Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Ashwin 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 0
W
Sunil Narine c Patel b Ashwin 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
KKR won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)W
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