- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.2 wild heave, and pays the price! The slower ball is out, the 143kph delivery is next. Good length outside off but angling into the stumps. Smith looks to clobber one over midwicket, but bottom-edged onto the stumps 77/34.6 slashed to cover-point! It was similar to the previous ball, in that it is short and wide of off. Dhawan looks to play that on the up, like he had in the last ball, but this time lobs that right to the fielder, who is on the edge of the circle. Knight Riders strike early, as Capitals lose their in-form batter 35/16.2 sharp turn and drift, and cleaned him up! A classical offspinner's wicket this one. Pitches just outside off and turns back in nicely to hit the off stump, as Iyer is undecided to play off the front or the back foot, and so remains rooted in his crease pretty much. The ball sneaks in between bat and pad, and bang! 40/219.2 full just outside off. Comes down the track and muscles it to long on. But Pant is coming for the second, where there isn't any. Pant struggling to get back for his second, and Karun Nair - another sub fielder - throws it at the right end. Karthik collects, and breaks the stumps. The dive does not save Pant today 122/813.5 holes out and Iyer gets an important wicket. Wide-ish outside off, but not as full as Hetmyer would've wanted. Looks to go over the top, but doesn't have the perfect connection. Straight to long off 88/414.3 Narine knows that's gone! wrong'un one ball, offbreak next, and Yadav is gone. Full on off stump. Yadav presses forward to nudge it leg side. But the ball turns in, hits him in front of middle, and Narine raises his hand even before he turned around to appeal. Yadav out for duck, Narine gets his second. 89/515.3 full on middle and leg. Clipped but Lockie Ferguson at midwicket dives to his left to take a sharp catch! It's a low catch infact, and Iyer now has two! 92/619.1 back of a length slower all. Ashwin dances down the track and tries to pull. Up in the air, and taken at deep backward square. Words exchanged between Southee and Ashwin and now between Ashwin and Morgan! Karthik gets in between Morgan and Ashwin, and sends him back. Are they chatting about that extra run that Capitals took when the ball hit Pant's arm? Some people don't consider it as "fair play", which is a slippery slope anyway. 120/719.6 bullseye! Glove off as Rabada misses the slog off this full ball outside off. Rabada-Avesh try to pinch a bye, but DK grabs the ball, takes aim, and knocks the stumps down. Capitals finish on 127 for 9 127/9Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL127/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.35)Did not bat: A NortjeFall of wickets: 1-35 (Shikhar Dhawan, 4.6 ov), 2-40 (Shreyas Iyer, 6.2 ov), 3-77 (Steven Smith, 12.2 ov), 4-88 (Shimron Hetmyer, 13.5 ov), 5-89 (Lalit Yadav, 14.3 ov), 6-92 (Axar Patel, 15.3 ov), 7-120 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 19.1 ov), 8-122 (Rishabh Pant, 19.2 ov), 9-127 (Avesh Khan, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Sandeep Warrier 2 0 15 0 7.50 6 3 0 0 0 TG Southee 4 0 29 1 7.25 9 4 0 1 0 LH Ferguson 2 0 10 2 5.00 6 1 0 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 24 0 6.00 8 2 0 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 18 2 4.50 10 1 0 0 0 VR Iyer 4 0 29 2 7.25 8 3 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.6 back of a length outside off. Gill skips down the ground and looks to break the shackles. Flat-batted straight back, but the slower ball means Gill is through the shot too early. Mistimed, and long on makes no mistake. Wicket maiden! 67/34.3 bowled him! That was on a good length on middle and off, and bowled at 98kph too. Iyer misses his flick, as the ball stays relatively low too to crash into middle and off. Capitals sniff one out early, as Knight Riders' in-form opener is gone 28/15.5 chipped to Smith at mid-off! Smith runs across a few steps to his left to take that over his head. Change of pace by Avesh, as he presented the full face of the bat 43/211.2 Ashwin gives Morgan a sendoff! As expected. Good length outside off. Looks to punch off the back foot, but it turns away, takes the outside edge, and gobbled up by first slip! 67/414.4 chops on the slower ball! Another wicket from this end that comes after a series of dot balls. Good length ball, just outside off. Karthik first shuffles towards leg stump before coming back to his usual position. Tries to run it down to third man, ends up getting the inside edge onto his stumps. DK out for 12. 96/516.5 slices it to the off side. Back of a length ball. Angling away. Looks to club it over the leg side but the bat's face turns in his hand. Pops up for Axar at cover 122/617.6 twist in the tale? Avesh Khan gets his 50th T20 wicket in style. Fullish outside off. Angling into the stumps. Southee goes for the glory shot with a leg-side slog, but he gets the inside edge instead. Off stump rattled 126/7Extras5 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL130/7 (18.2 Overs, RR: 7.09)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Venkatesh Iyer, 4.3 ov), 2-43 (Rahul Tripathi, 5.5 ov), 3-67 (Shubman Gill, 10.6 ov), 4-67 (Eoin Morgan, 11.2 ov), 5-96 (Dinesh Karthik, 14.4 ov), 6-122 (Sunil Narine, 16.5 ov), 7-126 (Tim Southee, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Nortje 2.2 0 15 1 6.42 9 3 0 1 0 AR Patel 3 0 13 0 4.33 10 0 1 0 0 R Ashwin 4 0 24 1 6.00 10 1 1 1 0 Lalit Yadav 3 0 35 1 11.66 5 1 3 0 0 Avesh Khan 3 0 13 3 4.33 9 1 0 0 0 K Rabada 3 1 28 1 9.33 10 2 2 0 1
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-15.50, Second Session 15.50-17.20
Match days
28 September 2021 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Delhi Capitals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.5: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Umpire - HAS Khalid, Batter - S Dhawan (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 52/2 in 9.0 overs (SPD Smith 22, RR Pant 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 88/4 in 14.0 overs (RR Pant 18, Lalit Yadav 0)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 5
- Over 16.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - RR Pant (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 127/9 in 20.0 overs (K Rabada 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 62/2 in 9.0 overs (Shubman Gill 29, N Rana 8)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 15.1 overs (92 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 119/5 in 16.0 overs (N Rana 31, SP Narine 20)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsR Ashwin: I didn't know the ball hit Rishabh, but I'd run even if I did
Says Morgan and Southee have no "right to take moral high ground" regarding overthrow incident
How good or not has Eoin Morgan been as KKR captain? It's complicated
There have been a whole lot of factors at play that make the question difficult to answer
Deflected overthrow causes tempers to flare in Capitals-KKR match
Dinesh Karthik was happy to play peacemaker after Tim Southee, R Ashwin and Eoin Morgan got into a war of words
'Nice to see him mature' - Dinesh Karthik likes what he sees of improved, and fearless, Nitish Rana
"If he wants to make a name for himself, he needs to keep producing these knocks"
All-star bowling, key blows from Narine and Rana give Knight Riders win
On a tricky, two-paced pitch in Sharjah, Delhi Capitals only managed 127