RCB vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2021 Eliminator: Kolkata beat Bangalore by 4 wickets, to meet Delhi in Qualifier 2

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

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BATSMAN	R	B	4S	6S	SR
SHUBMAN GILLc AB de Villiers b Harshal Patel	29	18	4	0	161.11
VENKATESH IYERc Srikar Bharat b Harshal Patel	26	30	0	1	86.66
RAHUL TRIPATHIlbw b Yuzvendra Chahal	6	5	1	0	120
NITISH RANAc AB de Villiers b Yuzvendra Chahal	23	25	1	1	92
SUNIL NARINEb Mohammed Siraj	26	15	0	3	173.33
DINESH KARTHIK (W)c Srikar Bharat b Mohammed Siraj	10	12	1	0	83.33
EOIN MORGAN (C)not out	5	7	0	0	71.42
SHAKIB AL HASANnot out	9	6	1	0	150
SHIVAM MAVI
LOCKIE FERGUSON
VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY

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

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BATSMAN	R	B	4S	6S	SR
DEVDUTT PADIKKALb Lockie Ferguson	21	18	2	0	116.66
VIRAT KOHLI (C)b Sunil Narine	39	33	5	0	118.18
SRIKAR BHARAT (W)c Venkatesh Iyer b Sunil Narine	9	16	0	0	56.25
GLENN MAXWELLc Lockie Ferguson b Sunil Narine	15	18	1	0	83.33
AB DE VILLIERSb Sunil Narine	11	9	1	0	122.22
SHAHBAZ AHMEDc Shivam Mavi b Lockie Ferguson	13	14	1	0	92.85
DAN CHRISTIANrun out (Lockie Ferguson / Shivam Mavi)	9	8	1	0	112.5
HARSHAL PATELnot out	8	6	1	0	133.33
GEORGE GARTONnot out	0	0	0	0	0
MOHAMMED SIRAJ
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL

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