IPL 2021, Eliminator, RCB vs KKR highlights: Kolkata wins by 4 wickets

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Kolkata Knight Riders. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by four wickets in the IPL 2021 Eliminator to set up the Qualifier 2 against Delhi Capitals on October 13.

Skipper Virat Kohli made a 33-ball 39 while his opening partner Devdutt Padikkal contributed 21 runs.

Spinner Sunil Narine rocked the RCB batting order with a four-wicket haul while Lockie Ferguson dismissed two batters.

Narine then returned to play an impact knock of 26 runs off 15 balls after Shubhman Gill (29) and Venkatesh Iyer (26) provided a good start to KKR.

Skipper Eoin Morgan (5) and Shakib Al Hasan (9) took the side home with two balls to spare.

Earlier. West Indies spinner Sunil Narine showed glimpses of his vintage past with a magical four-wicket haul as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a sub-par 138 for seven in the IPL 2021 Eliminator, at Sharjah Cricket Ground today.

Narine (4/21) sent RCB’s big guns back in the dug-out as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell had no answer to his turning deliveries under pressure situation.

With Varun Chakravarthy (0/20) not conceding a single boundary and Shakib Al Hasan (0/24 in) also keeping the batsmen on a tight leash, the KKR’s spin troika in their 12 overs gave away only 65 runs with four boundaries.

Devdutt Padikkal (21 off 18 balls) and skipper Virat Kohli (39 off 33 balls) got off to a great start by adding 49 runs in the first five Powerplay overs after Eoin Morgan started with left-arm spin of Shakib.

The opening duo attacked an under-pressure Shivam Mavi with as many as five boundaries coming in those first few overs.

However it was Lockie Ferguson (2/30), whose extra pace did Padikkal in as the left-hander, trying to cut, dragged a delivery, pitched well outside off-stump.

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Kolkata Knight Riders’ scorecard

Batters	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Shubman Gill	c de Villiers b Harshal	29	18	4	0
Venkatesh Iyer	c Bharat b Harshal	21	23	0	1
Rahul Tripathi	lbw b Chahal	6	5	1	0
Nitish Rana	c de Villiers b Chahal	23	25	1	1
Sunil Narine	b Siraj	26	15	0	3
Dinesh Karthik	c Srikar b Sirja	10	12	1	0
Eoin Morgan	not out	5	7	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan	not out	9	6	1	0
Total: 139-6 in 19.4 Overs
Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets
Mohammed Siraj	4	0	19	2
George Garton	3	0	29	0
Harshal Patel	4	0	19	2
Yuzvendra Chahal	4	0	16	2
Glenn Maxwell	3	0	25	0
Daniel Christian	1.4	0	29	0

Royal Challengers Bangalore scorecard

Batters	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Devdutt Padikkal	b Ferguson	21	18	2	0
Virat Kohli	b Narine	39	33	5	0
Srikar Bharat	c Venkatesh b Narine	9	16	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	c Ferguson b Narine	15	18	1	0
AB de Villiers	b Narine	11	9	1	0
Shahbaz Ahmed	c Mavi b Ferguson	13	14	1	0
Daniel Christian	runout (Ferguson/Mavi)	9	8	1	0
Harshal Patel	not out	8	6	1	0
George Garton	not out	0	0	0	0
Total: 138-7 in 20 Overs
Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets
Shakib Al Hasan	4	0	24	0
Shivam Mavi	4	0	36	0
Varun Chakaravarthy	4	0	20	0
Lockie Ferguson	4	0	30	2
Sunil Narine	4	0	21	4

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Sharjah Cricket Ground today. Both the teams are unchanged from their previous matches.

Chennai Super Kings have already booked their place in the summit clash on October 15.

RCB vs KKR playing 11

RCB playing 11: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, George Garton, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

KKR playing 11: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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