IPL 2021, KKR vs DC highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders wins by 3 wickets

Nitish Rana led the chase with a short but an impactful innings of 36 runs after set batsman Shubhman Gill departed for 30. Check KKR vs DC full score and highlights here

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by three wickets in Match 41 of 14th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021), enhancing its chances of making to the IPL Play-offs stage, at Sharjah cricket ground on Tuesday.

Skipper Rishabh Pant played a patient knock of 39 runs for the Capitals while Steve Smith, who replaced Prithvi Shaw, also contributed 39 runs.

Lockie Feguson, Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer claimed two wickets apiece for KKR.

Nitish Rana led the chase with a short but an impactful innings of 36 runs after set batsman Shubhman Gill departed for 30.

Sunil Narine made a quick 21 off 10 balls.

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IPL 2021, Match 41: KKR vs DC full scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders' scorecard

Batter	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Shubman Gill	c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada	30	33	1	2
Venkatesh Iyer	b Lalit Yadav	14	15	2	0
Rahul Tripathi	c Smith b Avesh	9	5	0	1
Nitish Rana	not out	36	27	2	2
Eoin Morgan	c Lalit b Ashwin	0	2	0	0
Dinesh Karthik	b Avesh Khan	12	14	2	0
Sunil Narine	c Axar b Nortje	21	10	1	2
Lockie Ferguson	not out	0	0	0	0
Total: 130-7 in 18.2 Overs
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket
Anrich Nortje	2.2	0	15	0
Axar Patel	3	0	13	0
R Ashwin	4	0	24	1
Lalit Yadav	3	0	35	1
Avesh Khan	3	0	13	3
Kagiso Rabada	3	1	28	1

Delhi Capitals' full scorecard

Batter	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Steve Smith	b Ferguson	39	33	4	0
Shikhar Dhawan	c Venkatesh b Ferguson	24	20	5	0
Shreyas Iyer	b Narine	1	5	0	0
Rishabh Pant	runout ((sub) Karun Nair)	39	36	3	0
Shimron Hetmyer	c Southee b Venkatesh	4	5	0	0
Lalit Yadav	lbw b Narine	0	3	0	0
Axar Patel	c Ferguson b Venkatesh	0	5	0	0
R Ashwin	c Rana b Southee	9	8	1	0
Kagison Rabada	not out	0	0	0	0
Avesh Khan	run out (Karthik)	5	3	1	0
Total: 127-9 in 20 Overs
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket
Sandeep Warrior	2	0	15	0
Tim Southee	4	0	29	1
Lockie Ferguson	2	0	10	2
Varun Chakravarthy	4	0	24	0
Sunil Narine	4	0	18	2
Venkatesh Iyer	4	0	29	2

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and asked Delhi Capitals (DC) to bat first in Match 41 of 14th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021).

KKR has made a couple of changes with injured all-rounder Andre Russell and out-of-form pacer Prasidh Krishna making way for Kiwi quick Tim Southee and fast bowler Sandeep Warrier.

For the Capitals, the injured Prithvi Shaw made way for Australian Steve Smith in the playing XI.

As the race for playoffs has intensified, KKR needs to win all its remaining 4 matches to secure its place in the IPL 2021 playoffs or else it has to depend on the results of other teams. Meanwhile, Delhi has almost qualified for the playoffs and look to finish in top two on IPL 2021 points table.
 
KKR vs DC playing 11
 
DC playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
 
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KKR playing 11:  Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Warrier.
 
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7:06 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 18 Overs: 126-7 | Avesh castles Southee

Over Summary: 0 0 2 1 1 W ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 126-7 ; Tim Southee (3), Nitish Rana (32)

Avesh Khan [2.0-0-9-2] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A swing and miss from Tim Southee, but Avesh hits the top of off-stump. BOWLED. Southee b Avesh Khan 3(5)

 

Ball 5: Rana collects a single towards mid-off.

 

Ball 4: Tim Southee collects a single.

 

Ball 3: A short delivery, Southee goes for a pull shot but manages only top edge. But the ball falls in the no man land. Two runs taken. 

 

Ball 2: DOT

 

Ball 1:  DOT

7:03 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 17 Overs: 122-6 | Nortje scalps Narine

Over Summary: 0 0 1 Wd B1 W 0 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 122-6 ; Tim Southee (0), Nitish Rana (31)

Nortje continues...

Ball 6: DOT

Tim Southee, right handed bat, comes to the crease

 

Ball 5: Narine goes for a big shot but holed out to extra cover. Narine c Axar b Nortje 21(10) [4s-1 6s-2]

Ball 4: ONE BYES for KKR.
 

Ball 4: WIDE

 

Ball 3: Narine collects a single towards mid-wicket pocket.

 

Ball 2: A slow delivery, Narine again fails to put bat on ball. DOT

 

Ball 1: A yorker, Narine fails to put bat on ball, DOT. 

6:52 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 16 Overs: 119-5 | Rabada leaks 21 runs

Over Summary: 0 N1 2 6 4 6 1 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 119-5 ; Sunil Narine (20), Nitish Rana (31)

Kagiso Rabada [2.0-1-7-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Narine collects a single towards extra cover region.

 

Ball 5: A length delivery and Narine wallopes towards mid-wicket boundary for SIX.

 

Ball 4: Narine smashes towards deep backward square leg for FOUR.

 

Ball 3:  A short delivery and Narine gets an top edge to fine leg boundary for SIX.

Ball 2: FREE HIT, Narine collects a couple of runs.

 

Ball 2: Rana collects a single towards wide of mid-off fielder, NO BALL CALLED

 

Ball 1: DOT

6:47 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 15 Overs: 98-5 | Avesh scalps Karthik

Over Summary: 0 0 0 W 1 1 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 98-5 ; Sunil Narine (1), Nitish Rana (30)

Avesh Khan back into the attack,,,

Ball 6: Rana collects a single towards sweeper cover.

 

Ball 5: Sunil Narine, left handed bat, comes to the crease and collects a single.

 

Ball 4: Karthik tires to push on off side but manages only an edge on to the stumps, BOWLED. Karthik b Avesh Khan 12(14) [4s-2]

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: A slow bumper and Karthik fails to put bat on ball.

 

Ball 1: Karthik blocks the good length delivery, DOT.

6:39 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 14 Overs: 96-4 | Lalit leaks 20 runs

Over Summary: 2 6 6 1 4 1 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 96-4 ; Dinesh Karthik (12), Nitish Rana (29)

Lalit Yadav [2.0-0-15-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Karthik hits towards deep square leg for a single.

 

Ball 5: Karthik gets an thick outside edge through vacant slip cordon for FOUR,

 

Ball 4: Rana works towards deep square leg for a single.

 

Ball 3: Nitish Rana slog sweeps towards mid-wicket for SIX.

 

Ball 2: Nitish Rana dances down the wicket and smashes down the ground for SIX.

 

Ball 1: Nitish Rana cuts towards deep backward point for a couple of runs.

6:35 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 13 Overs: 76-4

Over Summary: 1 0 2 4 0 0 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 76-4 ; Dinesh Karthik (7), Nitish Rana (14)

Rabada continues...

Ball 6: DOT

 

Ball 5: DOT

 

Ball 4: Karthik gets an outside edge to third man for FOUR.

 

Ball 3: Karthik collects a couple of runs.

 

Ball 2: DOT

 

Ball 1:  Rana collects a single.

6:34 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 12 Overs: 69-4 | Ashwin scalps Morgan

Over Summary: 0 W 1 1 0 0 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 69-4 ; Dinesh Karthik (1), Nitish Rana (13)

Ashwin [3.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack and concedes two singles, also gets the wicket of Eoin Morgan. Morgan c Lalit Yadav b Ashwin 0(2)

6:32 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 11 Overs: 67-3 | Rabada scalps Gill

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 W ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 67-3 ; Shubman Gill (30), Nitish Rana (12)

Kagiso Rabada, right-arm fast, comes into the attack and starts with a MAIDEN OVER also gets the wicket of Shubman Gill. Shubman Gill c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada 30(33) [4s-1 6s-2]

6:31 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 10 Overs: 67-2

Over Summary: 1 2 0 0 2 0 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 67-2 ; Shubman Gill (30), Nitish Rana (12)

Lalit Yadav comes back into the attack and concedes five runs.

6:13 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 9 Overs: 62-2

Over Summary: 0 1 1 1 1 4 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 62-2 ; Shubman Gill (29), Nitish Rana (8)

Ashwin continues...

Ball 6: Rana sweeps towards deep backward square leg for FOUR.

 

Ball 5: Gill collects a single.

 

Ball 4: Rana collects a single towards mid-wicket.

 

Ball 3: Gill collects a single.

 

Ball 2: Nitish Rana collects a single towards fine leg.

 

Ball 1: DOT

6:10 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 8 Overs: 54-2

Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 0 0 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 54-2 ; Shubman Gill (27), Nitish Rana (2)

Axar Patel [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and concedes two singles.

6:09 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 7 Overs: 52-2

Over Summary: 1 0 0 6 0 1 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 52-2 ; Shubman Gill (26), Nitish Rana (1)

Ashwin [1.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A single for Gill.

 

Ball 5: DOT

 

Ball 4: Gill smashes just over long-on for SIX.

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: DOT

 

Ball 1: Nitish Rana collects a single towards long-on.

6:03 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 6 Overs: 44-2

Over Summary: 4 1 1 1 W L1 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 44-2 ; Shubman Gill (19), Nitish Rana (0)

Avesh Khan, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Ball 6: Nitish Rana, left handed bat, comes to the crease and collects a leg byes for KKR.

Ball 5: A slow delivery, Tripathi checks his drive but scoops it to mid-off, GONE. Tripathi c Smith b Avesh Khan 9(5) [6s-1]

 

Ball 4: Gill collects a single.

 

Ball 3: Tripathi collects a single.

 

Ball 2: Shubman Gill collects a single.

 

Ball 1: Shubman advances down the wicket and smashes towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR.

5:57 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 5 Overs: 36-1 | Lalit scalps Venkatesh

Over Summary: 1 1 W 6 0 2 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 36-1 ; Shubman Gill (13), Rahul Tripathi (8)

Lalit Yadav, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Ball 6:Tripathi collects a couple of runs.

 

Ball 5: DOT

 

Ball 4: Rahul Tripathi, right handed bat, comes to the crease and gets a half-tracker. He deposits it into the stands for SIX.

 

Ball 3: Venkatesh Iyer tries to go big but misses it completely, BOWLED. Venkatesh Iyer b Lalit Yadav 14(15) [4s-2]

 

Ball 2: Shubman tucks towards mid-wicket for a single.

 

Ball 1: A juicy full toss and Venkatesh manages only an inside edge , collects a single.

5:51 PM

KKR vs DC live score after 4 Overs: 26-0

Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 1 1 ; Kolkata Knigh Riders: 26-0 ; Shubman Gill (12), Venkatesh Iyer (13)

Axar Patel continues and concedes four singles.