Sunil Narine starred with both bat and ball as Kolkata knocked out Bangalore with a 4-wicket win in Eliminator in Sharjah. Eoin Morgan and co. will now face Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 2
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets and will face Delhi Capitals in the second qualifier. Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, and Yuzvendra Chahal kept taking wickets at regular intervals interrupting the flow of Kolkata Knight Riders’ 139-run chase. In the end, it was up to captain Eoin Morgan and Shakib al Hasan in the final over, as they needed 7 runs to win in 6 balls. Shakib scored a boundary on the final ball and then the two batsmen finished things off with three singles in next three balls. Earlier, Narine starred for KKR as he dismissed Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, and KS Bharat to restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore to 139/7 in 20 overs.
KOLKATA 139/6(19.4 OV) RR 7.07
EXTRAS: 5
(b – 0, w – 3, no – 0, lb – 2, penalty – 0)TOTAL139/6 (19.4 OV) RR 7.07
FALL OF WICKETS
1-41 (Shubman Gill, 5.2 ov), 2-53 (Rahul Tripathi, 7 ov), 3-79 (Venkatesh Iyer, 11 ov), 4-110 (Nitish Rana, 14.2 ov), 5-125 (Sunil Narine, 17.2 ov), 6-126 (Dinesh Karthik, 17.4 ov)
| BOWLERS | O | M | R | WKT | WD | NB | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOHAMMED SIRAJ | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.75 |
| GEORGE GARTON | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.66 |
| HARSHAL PATEL | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.75 |
| YUZVENDRA CHAHAL | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GLENN MAXWELL | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
| DAN CHRISTIAN | 1.4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17.4 |
MATCH NOTES
Kolkata
- Mandatory Power play (1-6): Kolkata 48/1
- Strategic Time-out : Kolkata 48/1 in 6.0 overs
- Kolkata 50/1 in 6.2 overs
- Referral 1 (6.6 ovs): BLR against R Tripathi (LBW) Successful (BLR: 1, KOL: 1)
- Kolkata 53/2: R Tripathi lbw b Y Chahal 6(5)
- Kolkata 100/3 in 11.5 overs
- Strategic Time-out : Kolkata 112/4 in 15.0 overs
BANGALORE 138/7(20.0 OV) RR 6.9
EXTRAS: 13
(b – 1, w – 4, no – 2, lb – 6, penalty – 0)TOTAL138/7 (20.0 OV) RR 6.9
FALL OF WICKETS
1-49 (Devdutt Padikkal, 5.1 ov), 2-69 (Srikar Bharat, 9.4 ov), 3-88 (Virat Kohli, 12.2 ov), 4-102 (AB de Villiers, 14.2 ov), 5-112 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.4 ov), 6-126 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 19 ov), 7-134 (Dan Christian, 19.4 ov)
| BOWLERS | O | M | R | WKT | WD | NB | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAKIB AL HASAN | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SHIVAM MAVI | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| LOCKIE FERGUSON | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
| SUNIL NARINE | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 |
MATCH NOTES
Bangalore
- Bangalore 50/1 in 5.3 overs
- Mandatory Power play (1-6): Bangalore 53/1
- Strategic Time-out : Bangalore 53/1 in 6.0 overs
- Bangalore 100/3 in 14.0 overs
- Referral 1 (15.3 ovs): S Ahmed against KOL (LBW) Successful (BLR: 1, KOL: 1)
- Referral 1 (19.3 ovs): H Patel against KOL (LBW) Successful (BLR: 1, KOL: 1)
- Innings Break: Bangalore 138/7 in 20.0 overs
