Delhi XI vs Kolkata XI 41st Match at Sharjah, 28 Sep, 2021

Toss: Kolkata, who chose to bowl
Delhi XI 127/9 (20)
Kolkata XI 130/7 (18.2)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: Sunil Narine
  • Lockie Ferguson 0 * (0)
  • Nitish Rana 36 * (27)

Over 0.1 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets inside the line and knocks it off the back foot wide of mid-on

Over 1.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 1.2 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,Six! Came down the pitch in a jiffy and launches it down the ground for a maximum.

Over 1.3 Axar Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill, no run, leans forward and pushed to short cover

Over 1.4 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and knocks it to cover watchfully.

Over 1.5 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, stays on the back foot and works it from the crease wide of mid-on

Over 2.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and clips it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 2.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and driven to extra cover

Over 3.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, shimmies down and drives to long-off

Over 3.4 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets to the pitch of the ball and  pushed back to the bowler

Over 3.5 Axar Patel bowls it flat in the air to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and pushes it down to long-off

Over 4.2 Lalit Yadav bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and knocks this through midwicket

Over 4.3 Lalit Yadav bowls a quicker arm ball to Venkatesh Iyer,  out Bowled!! Iyer tries to whip it through midwicket. Gets beaten on the inside edge and hits the stumps.

Over 5.1 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Advances down, Khan shortens the length but in vain as it's been crisply pulled flat over square leg

Over 5.2 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and driven to extra cover

Over 5.4 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, came down the track and pulls it to deep square leg.

Over 5.5 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,  out Caught by Smith!! Tripathi as he went for the drive and chipped it to the left of Smith at mid-off. Smith runs across and takes it nicely with a reverse-cup

Over 6.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and looks to work it into the on-side but a leading edge rolls down the pitch

Over 6.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, no run, gets back in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at point.

Over 6.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Jumps back and tries to flick it in, gets fingertips but doesn't succeed. Didn't properly get hold of the lofted shot but these boundaries 

Over 6.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and  plays it down the pitch

Over 6.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and clips it through square leg

Over 7.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and plays it through cover for a single.

Over 7.4 Axar Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 7.5 Axar Patel bowls a slower one to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and looks to drive but it grips slightly and he has to check his shot to cover

Over 7.6 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, goes reverse and sweeps it to backward point

Over 8.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Shubman Gill,1 run, shimmy down the pitch. Knocks it to long-off

Over 8.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and turns it through midwicket

Over 9.1 Lalit Yadav tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and driven down to long-off for one.

Over 10.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets back in the crease and defends it to point with open face bat.

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