Delhi XI vs Kolkata XI Qualifier 2 at Sharjah, 13 Oct, 2021

Toss: Kolkata, who chose to bowl
Delhi XI 135/5 (20)
Kolkata XI 136/7 (19.5)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: Venkatesh Iyer
  • Lockie Ferguson 0 * (0)
  • Rahul Tripathi 12 * (11)

Over 11.4  Shivam Mavi bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, gets forward and throws the kitchen sink and ends up slicing it over extra cover. Falls in the no-man's land

Over 11.5  Shivam Mavi bowls a back of length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, hops and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 11.6  Shivam Mavi bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, no run, shuffles and turns it to mid-wicket. 

Over 12.2 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, goes deep inside the crease and attempts to pull and hits the toe-end

Over 12.3 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a quicker arm ball to Shreyas Iyer, no run, rocks back to flick/pull and is beaten by a long way. 

Over 12.4 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, stays low and drives with the spin to sweeper cover

Over 12.6 Shakib Al Hasan bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer,1 run,  stays low, sees the width and scythes to sweeper cover

Over 13.1  Shivam Mavi bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, knocked wristily off the back foot in front of mid-on

Over 13.3  Shivam Mavi bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, came down the track and chipped down to deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 13.4  Shivam Mavi bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, no run, cramping out the room for a hurried block back down the pitch

Over 13.5  Shivam Mavi bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and plays it down to long-on and picks up a single.

Over 14.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, out Caught by Shakib!! Dhawan dances down in premeditation to try and slam this straight down the ground. But the ball sticks, spins the other way, takes a thick outside edge and pops tamely to backward point.

Over 14.5 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets wait for the ball on the backfoot and plays it late towards short third man.

Over 15.2 Lockie Ferguson bowls a good length delivery to Rishabh Pant, out Caught by Tripathi!! Steps out looks to pull across the line, and ends up with a top-edge as far as mid-off. Cramped by the lack of room, undone by the pace, undone by the bounce

Over 15.4 Lockie Ferguson bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, moves across in the crease and flicks it away to deep mid-wicket and picks up just a single.

Over 16.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and tries heaving, and the ball sneaks under the bat.

Over 16.2 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, nudge off the back foot to long-on and gets a single.

Over 16.4 Varun Chakravarthy bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets back in the crease and slices it over cover and picks up a single.

Over 16.6 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and  goes slogging again, fetching this from well outside off, off the inside-half, to deep mid-wicket

Over 17.1 Lockie Ferguson bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and glances it down to fine leg.

Over 17.4 Lockie Ferguson bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, backs away in the crease and tries to guides it down to the third man but misses.

Over 17.5 Lockie Ferguson bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, walks all around his crease, first across, then away, and somehow connects to slap this through point

Over 18.1: Wide ball. Sunil Narine to Shreyas Iyer, 

Over 18.1 Sunil Narine bowls a back of length delivery to Shimron Hetmyer,1 run, gets forward and jabbed down to long-on

Over 18.3 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,  out Hetmyer Run Out!! 

Over 18.5 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets back in the crease and punches it through point and picks up one more.

Over 19.2: Boundary!. Shivam Mavi to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 19.3: Two runs. Shivam Mavi to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 19.4: Single. Shivam Mavi to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 19.6: Sixer!. Shivam Mavi to Shreyas Iyer,

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