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Sharjah, October 13: Rahul Tripathi held his nerve to hit a six off the penultimate ball of the IPL 2021 Qualifier 2 to help Kolkata Knight Riders seal a final spot after 3 wicket win against Delhi Capitals at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Wednesday (October 13).
After the bowlers led by mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, produced a clinical display on a slow pitch to restrict DC to 135 for 5, Tripathi finished the job for KKR after openers Venkatesh Iyer (55) and Shubman Gill (46) set the base, but the team suffered a collapse.
Kolkata were on their way to victory after the openers shared a 96-run stand, but once Venkatesh Iyer was dismissed, Kolkata lost 6 wickets for 7 runs as DC seemed to be close to pulling off a thriller led by Anrich Nortje (2 for 31), Kagiso Rabada (2 for 23) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2 for 27).
Eoin Morgan, Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik and Sunil Narine all departed without troubling the scorers for a duck as they followed Nitish Rana and Gill into the dug out with 13 needed off 24 balls.
However, Tripathi, who saw his partners depart in procession, held his nerve to hit a maximum off the fifth ball in the 20th over sealed the match with one ball to spare.
Sent in to bat, DC batters struggled on a sluggish pitch with the KKR bowlers bowling a tight line and length. Opener Shikhar Dhawan top-scored with a 39-ball 36 while Shreyas Iyer remained not out on 30 off 27 balls.
Chakravarthy took two wickets for 26 runs while Lockie Ferguson and Shivam Mavi got one each.
Kolkata Knight Riders will now face Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2021 final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Friday (October 15).
Here are the highlights from IPL 2021, Qualifier 2, DC vs KKR:
With just a day's rest, Kolkata Knight Riders will now aim for their third title when they face Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2021 final on Friday (October 15).
END OF THE MATCH: Rahul Tripathi holds the nerve to help Kolkata Knight Riders seal the final spot with a six off the penultimate ball.
SIX! Tripathi seals a thriller as he hits Ashwin, who was on a hattrick, straight over long off for a maximum to finish the chase in style. KKR - 136/7 in 19.5 overs.
WICKET! Ashwin on a hattrick as Sunil Narine holes out to Axar Patel at long on for a duck. KKR - 130/7 in 19.4 overs, need 6 from 2 balls to win now.
Sunil Narine is the new man in for KKR, who need 6 to win from 3 balls.
WICKET! Ashwin strikes as he traps Shakib for a duck. DC back in this contest. KKR - 130/6 in 19.3 overs, need 6 from 3 balls now.
Ashwin concedes a single off the first ball. It's 6 from 5 now with new batsman Shakib Al Hasan in the middle.
WICKET! BOWLED HIM! KKR - 129/5 in 19 overs, Nortje gets Morgan and it's another dot ball to end the over. KKR now need 7 from 6 balls to win with 5 wickets in hand.
Dot ball and it's 7 from 8 now with Morgan on strike.
Anrich Nortje is bowling the 19th over and KKR need 7 off 9 balls to win as Morgan joins Tripathi in the middle to complete the run chase.
Misfield from Shreyas Iyer kind of releases the pressure on KKR.
WICKET! Rabada castles Karthik for a duck. Seems to be a twist, but is it too late in the day? KKR - 126/4 in 18 overs, need 10 runs from 12 balls to win now.
Rabada starts with four dot balls in the 18th over and then concedes a single off the fifth delivery.
Two new batters in. Is there twist to this game now as Karthik joins Tripathi in the middle? KKR need 11 to win from 18 balls.
WICKET! Avesh Khan finds the edge of Gill (46) and Pant makes no mistake behind the stumps. KKR - 125/3 in 16.4 overs.
Rahul Tripathi is the new batsman in as Avesh Khan resumes play after the break.
At the final time-out, KKR reach 123/2 in 16 overs with Shubman Gill unbeaten on 45 in the middle. Kolkata need 13 runs to win now from 24 balls.
WICKET! Nortje removes Rana (13), who holes out to Hetmyer at deep square leg. KKR - 123/2 in 16 overs.
SIX! Gill stands tall and hits Nortje over long on for a maximum. KKR - 122/1 in 15.4 overs.
5 runs come from Avesh Khan's third over and KKR reach 113/1 in 15 overs. Kolkata now need 23 runs to win from 30 balls.
DROPPED! Ashwin puts down a sitter after Avesh Khan manages to get Rana to loft one to third man. KKR - 110/1 in 14.3 overs.
SIX! Rana hits Axar Patel straight down the ground for a maximum. KKR - 108/1 in 14 overs.
6 runs and a wicket come from Rabada's third over as Nitish Rana joins Gill to complete Kolkata's run chase. KKR - 98/1 in 13 overs, need 38 runs to win now from 42 balls.
WICKET! Rabada gets the breakthrough as he removes the dangerous Iyer for 55. KKR - 96/1 in 12.2 overs.
FOUR! Rabada finds the edge of Iyer, but the ball flies to the third man boundary. KKR - 96/0 in 12.1 overs.
4 runs come from Axar Patel's third over. KKR - 92/0 in 12 overs and now need 44 runs to win from 48 balls.
12 runs come from Nortje's second over and Venkatesh Iyer closes in on a fifty. KKR now need 48 runs to win from 54 balls.
FOUR! Iyer makes room and hits Nortje over point for a boundary. KKR - 81/0 in 10.3 overs.
At the half-way stage, KKR reach 76/0 in 10 overs with Iyer (44) and Gill (27) in the middle. Kolkata now need a run a ball - 60 off 60 ball to win.
Despite a six early in the over Axar Patel concedes just 9 runs from his second over. KKR - 76/0 in 10 overs.
