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 4.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Prithvi Shaw,  out Lbw!!  Straightaway Chakravarthy bowls the googly and Shaw doesn't pick it. Looks to push/defend it into the off-side and is beaten on the inside edge. Trapped on the front pad adjacent to the sticks.

Over 4.2 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, punched to mid-off off the back foot.

Over 4.3 Varun Chakravarthy bowls it flat in the air to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and reads it and punches to mid-off

Over 4.4 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Marcus Stoinis,1 run, gets forward and works it through square leg for a single.

Over 4.5 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, no run, gets forward and defended into the off-side

Over 4.6 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and punches it down to long-on for one.

Over 9.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Marcus Stoinis,1 run, gets forward and driven firmly to long-off

Over 9.2 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, 2 runs, comes down the track, gets to the pitch and drills past the bowler. 

Over 9.3 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Gets down on one leg and sweeps hard through mid-wicket after fetching it from outside off. Split the gap between long-on and deep mid-wicket perfectly

Over 9.4 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and eases this through point with an opened bat-face

Over 9.5 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Marcus Stoinis,1 run, gets forward and chips it over mid-off and picks up one more.

Over 9.6 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and jams it down to long-off

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 14.2 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a quicker arm ball to Rishabh Pant, no run, gives himself some room and chops it towards point.

Over 14.3 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a quicker arm ball to Rishabh Pant, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and swept it hard through square leg and the ball beats the fielder in the deep and went to the fence.

Over 14.4 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a pitched up delivery to Rishabh Pant,1 run, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up a single.

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 14.6 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Rishabh Pant,1 run, gets forward and flicks it along the ground to long-on and picks up an easy 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 16.3 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Shimron Hetmyer, 2 runs, gets waits for to softly nurdle into mid-wicket, and thus pinch a second

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 16.5 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a pitched up delivery to Shimron Hetmyer,1 run, gets forward and flicks it to deep mid-wicket 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