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Sharjah, Oct 11: West Indies spinner Sunil Narine showed glimpses of his vintage past with a magical four-wicket haul and displayed his big-hitting prowess with the bat as Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in IPL 2021 Eliminator here on Monday (October 11).
Chasing a sub-par 139, the Knight Riders overhauled the target in 19.4 overs, thanks to Narine's sensational cameo of 15-ball 26. The left-handed batsman was promoted at number five and made an immediate impact by tonking three sixes off Dan Christian's over to tilt in his team's favour.
Openers Shubman Gill (29) and Venkatesh Iyer (26) gave Knight Riders a fine start in the run chase. RCB bowlers made some inroads with some disciplined effort but they could never manage to put the batting side under pressure as they didn't have enough total to defend.
Earlier in the day, 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 as they were restricted to 138/7.
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.
RCB's last league match hero Kona Bharat (9 off 15 balls) was clearly troubled because of the slowness of the track with spinners getting the ball to grip off the surface. He was Narine's first of the four victims when he tried to loft the spinner over long-off but didn't reach to the pitch of the delivery and was holed out in the deep by Venkatesh Iyer.
Kohli, who has had good starts in most games but lost the momentum post Powerplay overs with the field spread, once again went into a shell. The shot that got him out had desperation writ large over it as the slog sweep to a fuller delivery from Narine was never on.
The result was a pegged back leg-stump which also spelt doom for RCB. AB de Villiers (11) has had his worst IPL season and it was a real beauty from Narine -- a classical off-break that went through the gate to embarrass the legendary Proteas.
RCB's best player of the season Maxwell (15) was supposed to have a bad day as per 'Law of Averages' and did catch up with him trying to slog-sweep Narine's off-spinner which ballooned to short third-man to make it a dream day for the Trinidad man.
Here mykhel takes a look at the highlights from Eliminator between RCB and KKR:
It's all over! Knight Riders defeat Royal Challengers by 4 wickets in the Eliminator and storm into Qualifier 2. The journey of the Virat Kohli-led side comes to an end with a disappointing loss.
Scores level! KKR need 1 off 3 balls.
2 runs needed off 4 balls.
Dan Christian bowls the final over and Shakib hits a boundary on the first ball.
5 runs came from that over bowled by Garton. KKR reach 132/6 in 19 overs. They need 7 off 6 balls.
George Garton bowls the 19th over for RCB.
Tight over from Siraj as he concedes 3 runs and picks up the wickets of Narine and Karthik. KKR - 127/6 in 18 overs, 12 needed off 12.
Wicket! Siraj strikes again and this time it's Dinesh Karthik (10) edges him. Srikar Bharat pouches the ball but the TV umpire checks if the catch was clean. The umpire confirms the gloves were underneath the ball and Karthik has to depart. KKR - 126/6 in 17.4 overs.
Wicket! Narine tries to hit Siraj for a biggie but misses the ball completely and the ball hits his off stump. The southpaw has to depart for 26 off 15. This is the 100th IPL wicket for Siraj.
Harshal Patel ends his spell with an impressive show. KKR - 124/5 in 17 overs.
KKR reach 112/4 in 15 overs, they need 27 off 30 deliveries to win. Should be a comfortable run chase for them.
Wicket! Nitish Rana (23) tries to hit Chahal but AB de Villiers takes a good catch to give RCB another wicket. #KKR - 111/4
After 13 overs, KKR reach 107/3. They need 32 off 42 deliveries. The move to promote Sunil Narine has paid off for Eoin Morgan.
SIX, SIX, wide, SIX!! Sunil Narine can do nothing wrong tonight as the Caribbean calypso overturns the game in KKR's favour. KKR milk 22 runs from that over and reach 101/3 in 12 overs.
SIX, SIX!!! Sunil Narine hits Dan Christian for back-to-back maximums in a similar fashion over mid-wicket.
Most wickets in an IPL season: 32 Dwayne Bravo (2013) 32 Harshal Patel (2021)* 30 Kagiso Rabada (2020) 28 James Faulkner (2013) 28 Lasith Malinga (2011) 27 Jasprit Bumrah (2020)
Wicket! Venkatesh Iyer (26) gets a faint edge off Harshal Patel and Srikar Bharat takes a good catch diving towards his right. RCB camp breaks into celebration. #KKR - 79/3 in 11 overs
Four!! Rana plays another reverse sweep and ends Maxwell's over with a boundary. KKR - 74/2 in 10 overs.
Dropped! Iyer mishits the full toss delivery from Maxwell and Shahbaz fails to take a catch at fine leg.
SIX!! Nitish Rana gives Glenn Maxwell a taste of his own medicine as he hits a maximum via switch hit.
Wicket! Yuzvendra Chahal strikes in his first over as the spinner traps Rahul Tripathi (6) in front. Kohli had to go upstairs to get that breakthrough. KKR - 53/2 in 7 overs.
Four! Rahul Tripathi ends Harshal Patel's over with a boundary over deep point as KKR reach 48/1 in 6 overs.
Shubman Gill (29) has been once again outfoxed by a slower one. Harshal Patel - the leading wicket-taker of season strikes in the first over. AB de Villiers takes good catch in the deep. KKR - 41/1 in 5/2 overs.
15 runs came from that over bowled by Garton and KKR reach 34/0 after 4 overs.
Four, Four, Four! Back-to-back boundaries from Shubman Gill off Garton. The youngster is showing some aggressive intent up front.
SIX!! Short-pitched delivery from Garton and Iyer hooks him over fine-leg for a maximum. The ball goes out of the park. RCB didn't hit a six in their innings. Iyer has already hit one in the second over of the chase.
After the first over, Kolkata Knight Riders reach 7 without a loss. George Garton bowls the second over for RCB.
2nd innings! Venkatesh Iyer and Shubman Gill begin run chase for KKR. Mohammed Siraj starts the proceedings with the new ball for RCB.
End of the innings! Royal Challengers Bangalore have been restricted to 138/7 after electing to bat first in Eliminator. Sunil Narine rattled RCB middle-order and prevented them from posting a respectable total on board. KKR now require 139 runs to enter Qualifier 2. Credit goes to KKR spinners for stopping the flow of runs and some poor shot selection by RCB batters.
Run Out! Wrong call from Harshal Patel from the non-striker's end costs Dan Christian his wicket. RCB lose seventh wicket.
