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Sharjah, October 7: Shivam Mavi and Lockie Ferguson shine with ball as Kolkata Knight Riders sealed the play-off spot with 86-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in Match 54 of IPL 2021 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Thursday (October 7).
After Shubman Gill hit a second consecutive fifty to help KKR post the highest total - 171/4 in 20 overs - at the venue this season, Mavi (4 for 21) and Ferguson (3 for 18) reduced RR to 85 all out, the lowest total this season.
Rahul Tewatia (44 off 36 balls) and Shivam Dube (18 off 20 balls) were the only Royals' batters to get into double figures, while Varun Chakravarthy and Shakib Al Hasan were also among wickets for KKR as the pair took a wicket-a-piece.
Earlier, Gill (56 off 44) and Venkatesh Iyer (38 off 35) got KKR's innings to a rollicking start after being put into bat, stitching 79 runs for the opening stand.
Rahul Tripathi (21), Dinesh Karthik (14 not out off 11) and skipper Eoin Morgan (13 not out off 11) also played good hands towards the end to take KKR to past the 170-run mark. Young left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya was the pick of the bowkers for RR with figures of 1/23.
With three play-off spots - Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings and Royals Challengers Bangalore - already sealed, KKR consolidated their position for final play-off spot, finishing their round-robin engagements with 14 points from 14 games with an impressive net run rate of 0.587.
With 12 points from 13 matches, defending champions Mumbai Indians is the only team still in the play-off race but they will need to register a big win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game on Friday (October 8) to dislodge KKR from the fourth spot. Effectively, Mumbai need a miracle to make the play-offs ahead of KKR.
Here are the highlights from IPL 2021, Match 54, KKR vs RR:
The only hopefuls, Mumbai Indians now have to win by around 171 runs after scoring 200 to get past KKR's NRR. If they chase, they can't go beyond KKR's NRR. But that looks very unlikely.
END OF THE MATCH: Kolkata Knight Riders have all but sealed their play off spot after Shivam Mavi and Lockie Ferguson rip through Rajasthan Royals to register a huge win.
WICKET! And its all over as Mavi castles Tewatia for 44. RR - 85 all out as KKR win by 86 runs.
Narine goes wicketless for the second match in a row and ends with figures of 0 for 30. RR - 85/9 in 16 overs.
At the fourth and final time-out, RR reach 85/9 in 15.3 overs with Tewatia (43*) in the middle joined by Mustafizur Rahaman.
WICKET! Sakariya is run out as Tewatia calls for two and turns his back on his partner. Excellent work from Shakib at deep square leg. RR - 85/9 in 15.3 overs.
FOUR! Tewatia ends the 15th over with a boundary as Ferguson ends his fourth with figures of 3 for 18. RR - 83/8 in 15 overs.
Tewatia is playing for time when the game is already gone.
Chakravarthy ends his four overs quota with figures of 1 for 14. RR - 75/8 in 14 overs.
8 runs come from Narine's third over. RR - 74/8 in 13 overs.
SIX! Tewatia slogs Narine into the stands over deep square leg for another maximum. RR - 73/8 in 12.2 overs.
FOUR! Tewatia drives Ferguson for the second boundary of the over as Chetan Sakariya joins him in the middle. RR - 66/8 in 12 overs.
WICKET! Unadkat stay comes to an end as he holes out to Shakib at deep covers off Ferguson for 6. RR - 62/8 in 11.2 overs.
FOUR! Unadkat welcomes Ferguson back into the attack with a loft over covers for a boundary. RR - 62/7 in 11.1 overs.
9 runs come from Chakravarthy's third over. RR - 58/7 in 11 overs.
SIX! Tewatia slog sweeps Chahkravarthy for a maximum over deep square leg. RR - 56/7 in 10.2 overs.
50 up for Royals in the 11th over, but nothing to rejoice as they have lost seven wickets to get there.
FOUR! Tewatia flicks Mavi for the third boundary of the over and 14 runs come from it. RR - 49/7 in 10 overs.
FOUR! FOUR! Tewatia drives Mavi past Morgan at covers and cuts one past Rana at point for back-to-back boundaries as Jaydev Undakat is the new batsman in for Royals, who are 43/7 in 9.3 overs.
WICKET! Chakravarthy traps Morris plumb in front of the stumps for a duck. RR - 35/7 in 9 overs.
Chris Morris is the new man in for Royals as Chakravarthy returns to the attack for Kolkata.
WICKET! Mavi strikes again as he clean bowls Dube for 18. RR - 34/6 in 8 overs.
Tewatia is the new batsman in for Royals as Mavi resumes play in Sharjah after the break.
At the third strategic time-out, RR reach 33/5 in 7.3 overs with Shivam Dube unbeaten on 18 in the middle.
WICKET! Mavi gets his second as he cleans up Phillips for 8. RR - 33/5 in 7.3 overs.
Shivam Mavi back into the attack to bowl his second over.
SIX! It's Phillips this time who hits Narine straight down the ground for the second maximum of the over. RR - 30/4 in 7 overs.
SIX! Dube hits Narine straight down the ground for a maximum. RR - 22/4 in 6.1 overs.
Ferguson bowls another tight over and Royals end the powerplay at 17/4.
Varun Chakravarthy concedes just 3 singles from his first over as Morgan uses all his five bowling options. RR - 16/4 in 5 overs.
