Updated :11:42pm Fri 15-2021
CSK win by 27 runs and get 4th IPL title
Bravo to bowl the final over. He has been exceptional with the ball tonight. Hasn't got a wicket but has been tremendously economical. And he now gets his wicket. KKR are 9 down. Can they finish it off in style and finish them off? And that is it. CSK have got their fourth IPL title as KKR finish at 165/9, ending their winning streak in IPL finals.
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will clash in the last of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Friday. The extremely significant culmination conflict will get in progress at 7:30 PM (IST).
Match Highlights
- Kolkata have won both the finals they have played and have 100% record.
- Match will get in progress at 7:30 PM (IST).
Chennai Super Kings are in the last for the 10th time throughout the entire existence of the association. They have won the title multiple times, being the second best group. Kolkata Knight Riders will play their third last, interestingly after 2014. Kolkata have won both the finals they have played and have 100% record.
CSK won the primary qualifier against Delhi Capitals to straightforwardly make the finals this season. They were set an objective of 173, which they pursued down in the last done with two conveyances and four wickets to save. Ruturaj Gaikwad proceeded with his magnificent structure this year, scoring a pivotal 70 at the top. Robin Uthappa additionally contributed with a fundamental 63 run thump before captain MS Dhoni, with an appearance of 18 from six conveyances, gotten it done for the Kings.
Kolkata previously beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator and afterward crushed Delhi Capitals in the subsequent qualifier to book their position in the title conflict. Their bowlers moved forward indeed, to confine Delhi to 135/5. They began well in the pursuit with Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer giving them a decent beginning. Gill scored 46 runs while Iyer scored 55, conveying his awesome showcase.
Be that as it may, Delhi retaliated to give Kolkata a panic, as they fell from 123/1 to 130/7. Dinesh Karthik, Eoin Morgan, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine were totally sent back for ducks. Luckily for KKR, Rahul Tripathi completed the game in style with a six to ultimately take them home. The center request disappointment will be a worry for the Knights going into the last.
CSK will eye their fourth title while a resurgent Kolkata, who have had a remarkable season in the UAE leg, will need to cover it off with their third title. It will be a mouth-watering conflict as the different sides battle for extreme brilliance.
My Dream11 Team for CSK vs KKR Match:
MS Dhoni, Robin Uthappa, Faf du Plessis (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer (vc), Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy.
Likely Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c and wk), Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, Deepak Chahar.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy.
Team Crew
Chennai Super Kings CSK
Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
Kolkata Knight Riders KKR
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Karun Nair, Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert, Andre Russell, Ben Cutting, Pawan Negi, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Harbhajan Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Tim Southee.