Sharjah: Kolkata Knight Riders produces clinical performance to defeat Rajasthan Royals with a massive 86-run margin and take a big step to secure their play-off places in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
With three play-off places – the capital of Delhi, Chennai Super Kings and Royals challenging Bangalore – have been sealed, KKR consolidates their position for the fourth and final play-off places, completing their Round-Robin engagement with 14 points with 14 points running level impressive 0.587.
Scorecard | Like what happened | Tablewith Points 12 points from 13 matches, Defending Champion Mumbai Indians is the only team in the play-off competition but they need to register a big victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last match of the fourth place.
Effectively, Mumbai needs a miracle to make a play-off before the KKR.
Shubman Gill reached fifty seconds in a row with the KKR registering the highest score in the Venue this season, posting 171 competitive for four after being included in bats.
Gilll (56 off 44) and Venkatesh Iyer (38 off 35) got the KKR innings to the beginning of rollicking, sewing 79 running for opening.
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FEEL! 👏 👏The @ Eoin16-LED @kkriders install clinical performance & seal 86-run victory over # rr.
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https://t.co/pnHstCXNRB- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 1633628039000Rahul Tripathi (21), DINESH KARTHIK (21), DINESH KARTHIK (14 Not Off 11) and Skipper Eoin Morgan (13 not freely 11) also plays Good hands towards the end to take the KKR to pass the 170-run mark.
RR has a terrible star for their pursuit, lost the best dough from Yashasvi Jaiwal’s season to Shakib Al Hasan on the third ball from the innings if it was not enough, Captain Sanju Samson left for the next first shipment.
Back to the side after recovering from injury, Lockie Ferguson attacked twice in his first time – first wiped Liam Livingstone and then took into account Anuj’s young man.
𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧.
💜💛 # KKRVRR #KKR #amikkr # IPL2021 https://t.co/matDFDLRGV- KolkataknighTriders (@kkriders) 1633628098000mavi then beaten twice on the eighth top – disturbing Glenn Phillips and Shivam Dube with rough speed as RR continues to lose the goal Periodically.
Var Chakravarthy’s Mystery Spinner was not left behind when he joined the party on top of dissolving Chris Morris LBW.
Rahul Tewatia took the attack on the opposition and attacked Mavi for three limits because the RR reached 49 for seven on the 10th.
Without pressure on his back, Tewatia continued the appearance of his attack and Clobbered Chakravarthy over a deep square foot limit for the first six innings.
Tewatia plays a 44-run 36-ball cameo but it’s not enough like the KKR targeting RR for 85.
Mavi finished with the best IPL numbers 4/21, while Ferguson (3/18) also shines brightly with the ball.
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Previously, up at the beginning of Gill and Iyer were impressive, the KKR reached 50 in the eighth.
Iyer did not curb his natural instinctive and first clobev Jaydev Unadkat over the inner Midwicket boundaries and then straight up the head of Bowler Two Bowler then to accumulate 14 runs from 10 ends with the KKR reaching 75 without losing in the middle.
Inspired by Iyer’s class, Gill then joined the party and welcomed Rahul Tewatia to the maximum.
But Tewatia laughed last when he gave an important breakthrough when he passed the Iyer defense between the two legs when the left hander left to sweep upside out extraordinary.
RR Skipper then introduced Phillips to the attack but off-spinner went for 17 running, even though he took the nitish shutter goal in the process.
Rahul Tripathi was lucky to get a suspension because he was dropped by Samson when he raised full delivery from Mustafizur Rahman in the last 13 balls.