Rahul Tripathi took KKR to the final with a brilliant six in the final leg
Rahul Tripathi steered KKR into the final with a scintillating six in the final leg, he spent a major part of the chase in the cruise stop, and then Kolkata Knight Riders hit a wet patch that reprimanded him to get out of the way and into the ditch.
The 13 runs needed from 25 balls :-
With 13 runs required from 25 balls, KKR lost six wickets adding just seven runs in 3.5 overs, and faced an equation where Tripathi was facing R Ashwin. Who needed six off the last two balls Was.
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By then Rahul had scored six runs in ten balls. With much missing to add, while Ashwin took two for one in four balls.
Tripathi had prepared himself for a quicker length delivery outside off and threw in a season’s worth of flat-batting hit. Which was smacked by nervous energy at the long-off boundary as anything else.
His seventh win in nine matches :-
Knight Riders continued to progress in the UAE stage of IPL 2021, with their seventh win in nine matches. They are in the final where Chennai Super Kings await.
Delhi Capitals looked out of place and all out of the competition for the majority of the second innings, but they came alive with a return as the Knight Riders panicked from the finish line in the system.
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Before the nail-biting finish, the Knight Riders distinguished themselves with a known template: the spinners strangled the life out of the opposition, and the openers retaliated strongly.
The took 2 wickets for 26 runs :-
Varun Chakraborty was the master of the bowling, taking 2 for 26 in four difficult overs, which could easily have been 3 for less than 26 if he had not picked up more than a millimeter of design.
While batting, he had the fearless Venkatesh Iyer to thank, the opener scoring 55 off 41 and setting up a foundation powerful enough to withstand the subsequent earthquake.