Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals locked horns in the 41st match of the Indian Premier League 2021. Kolkata is trying to get into the top four while Delhi Capitals are comfortably sitting in the top four with eight wins out of the ten matches they have played this season.
Eoin Morgan won the toss and opted to bowl first. He mentioned Andre Russell and Prasidh Krishna made way for Tim Southee and Sandeep Warrier. Prithvi Shaw suffered an injury as Steve Smith came in place of him.
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Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith gave a good start to DC but Dhawan perished after scoring 24 runs. Shreyas Iyer got out for 1. Rishabh Pant got combined with Smith but the scoring rate wasn’t healthy. Lockie Ferguson clean bowled Smith for 39 in 34 balls that triggered a collapse as DC went from 77/2 to 92/6.
Rishabh Pant, however, kept one end tight but couldn’t enforce his natural batting style. He got out after scoring 39 runs in 36 balls. DC huffed and puffed to 127/9 in 20 overs. Ferguson, Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer grabbed two wickets apiece.
In response, Kolkata Knight Riders enjoyed good shot-making from Shubhman Gill. Venkatesh Iyer and Rahul Tripathi got out cheaply. Gill also followed them after scoring 30 runs that came in 33 balls. Then came a collapse for KKR as Eoin Morgan registered another failure with a silver duck.
Nitish Rana kept his cool and held one end tight. Sunil Narine played a crucial cameo of 21 runs in 10 balls where he hit one four and two sixes off Kagiso Rabada.
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Rana’s unbeaten 36 runs off 27 balls steered KKR home with three wickets in hand and 10 balls to spare. They have climbed others to go at fourth in the points table with 12 points in 11 matches.
See how Twitter Reacted to this game;
Clear intent from Rana and Shubman sees #kkr thru. Beating #dc with current form is surely big boost for #kkr
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 28, 2021
Huge result for #KKR . They have turned the heat on their mid-table challengers. It makes the #MIvsPK a virtual must-win game for the two teams
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 28, 2021
Sunil Narine tearing into Rabada has brought #KKR to the doorstep of win. If that happens, big pressure on #MI and #PBKS in the second match
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 28, 2021
Eoin Morgan's going to drop himself for the semi-final against India and bring in Billings to counter Ashwin, isn't he? #IPL2021
— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) September 28, 2021
Had the @IPL ended 5 days early Venkatesh Iyer would have been the most in demand celebrity to open pujas. Every major puja would have wanted the man. And Venkatesh is thy name! @KKRiders
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 28, 2021
Bad result for #MI #PBKS #RR & #SRH
Good result for #CSK & #RCB as it keeps DC on 16 points and improves their chances of a top-two finish. KKR have relatively easier fixtures left – SRH, RR and PBKS.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) September 28, 2021
Delhi Capitals records broken by Rishabh Pant today
– Most runs (2390)
– Most run outs (7)#IPL2O21 #KKRvDC https://t.co/fALZArf1h9— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) September 28, 2021
