IPL 2021, Qualifier 2: KKR set up the title match against CSK with a 3 wicket win over DC. Cricket News – Times of India

Kolkata Knight Riders went to the second qualifier against Delhi Capitals claimed on Wednesday that he had a better understanding of the sluggish pitch in Sharjah. KKR captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and did not hesitate to bowl first.
Not surprisingly, their fast bowlers and spinners found full length straight to stall the Capitals’ batting and restricted them to a modest total of 135/5. Just when their fairytale run seemed like a heartbreaking end to the chase’s back end, Rahul Tripathi Riding R Ashwin’s long hop over the long off boundary, registered a three-wicket win with a ball to spare.
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The match should never have gone this far, with 11 to win off 20 balls and seven wickets in hand. KKR openers when dew hit Venkatesh Iyer And Shubman Gill To chase down the target as he batted on a different surface to make it to the final against Chennai Super Kings on Friday.
Despite the last-minute drama, the Capitals’ heart-wrenching incident in the last week coincides with the story of KKR’s remarkable comeback in the second half of the IPL this year.

For most of their innings, it looked like the Capitals’ batsmen were running across the desert sands in search of an oasis. In contrast, Venkatesh was on cruise mode on still water, making it easy for Gill, who scored 46 off 46. Venkatesh never let the Capitals back in the game when he was finally dismissed for a deep square-leg boundary off Kagiso Rabada. 55 off 41 balls, he had ensured that the wheels of Capitals were reduced to 96/1 in the 13th over.
was prepared for the pitch Varun ChakrabortyShakib and Sunil Narine. Unsure of a par score, the Capitals’ batsmen looked like taking the more conservative route when they saw Prithvi Shaw losing lbw to Chakraborty for 18 off 12 balls in the fifth over of the innings.
Sharjah in the scorching heat under the night sky, the capitals found through some sprinkling of water through some succulent pokes in the stands Shikhar Dhawan (36 out of 39) and then Shimron Hetmyer (17 out of 10) and Shreyas Iyer (30 * 27 off) to end.

But Venkatesh did everything which was opposed by the Capitals batsmen. Leaving both fast bowlers and spinners on track with ease, the southpaw displayed flair against an attack of international quality. He made sure that the Capitals’ bowlers never came to length like their bowlers.
As the Capitals’ batsmen were looking to increase the run rate, the pitch slowed from the over. Shreyas’ eyes lit up when Shakib Al Hasan sent two rank long-hops but they only jumped to ankle height. The struggle was real.
Pacers Lockie Ferguson and Shivam Mavi give hardly anything to play with from the front foot. Tough lengths were in business. The length which has been the ideal hitting zone for this generation was now suffocating them. Faster through the air and slower than dead pitch.

In such a situation, Dhawan and Shreyas decided to bat. The focus was on hitting the gaps and rotating the strike. The run came in a trickle. Dot ball percentage increased. At 83/3 in the 15th over, Dhawan did enough and left the track for Chakraborty to miss the Hawk to be dismissed for a painful 36 for 39 by Shakib. Chakraborty ran through his overs for 2/26.
The Capitals tried Marcus Stoinis, who had recovered from injury, at No. The lack of playing time and the lack of pace off the pitch turned it into a nightmare for the mighty Aussies, whose struggle ended on 18 for 23 with Mavi knocking on his stumps.
captain Rishabh Pant There was little time to settle in and tried to hit Ferguson straight into the ground, only to be holed at mid-off.
Hetmyer set in motion a sluggish innings with two sixes off Ferguson after being relieved of Chakraborty’s overstepping. Shreyas saved his strike rate by scoring 30 not out off 27 balls in the last over of Mavi.
With the dew setting in, Kul always seemed vulnerable for the Capitals.