JOIN USIPL 2021 Qualifier II: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals highlights: KKR win by 3 wickets, set up final against CSK
We are now down to two. The final of IPL 2021, will be played between two-time Champions Kolkata Knight Riders and three-time Champions Chennai Super Kings. The two teams would be led by two World Cup-winning captains, in MS Dhoni and Eoin Morgan. If KKR have been the dominant team in the UAE leg of IPL 2021, then let us not forget, CSK's superb run back in Indian. IPL 2021 could not have expected for better teams than CSK and KKR for its final. There are plenty of plots and subplots in the match between the men in Yellow and the men in Purple.
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Player of the Match
KKR opener Venkatesh Iyer wins the Player of the Match award for his 41-ball 55 which set up the platform for KKR's successful chase.
Venkatesh Iyer: I am doing what has been asked of me. I am very happy that we ended on the winning side. There is no difference. I came out and play the way I want to play. I am grateful to the management. It is a wonderful place to come and play. I think in the past couple of games, I have been trying to restrict myself a bit as I wanted to stay till the end. But then I thought it is not me. I was losing out on the present trying to be a bit conservative. Gill is an extremely wonderful strokeplayer. My entire focus is on the final now.
Eoin Morgan, KKR captain:We will dissect what happened in the last four overs. The openers gave us a great platform. But we have won and we are in the finals. We are delighted to get over the line. We are in the entertainment business and need to play some entertaining cricket. Six off 2 and you would say the odds are for the bowling side. But Tripathi has done it for us so many times. The guys coming in feel free to express themselves. The backroom staff have created an excellent atmosphere for that to happen. With the squad we have, we had huge expectations. Our coach BMac saw Iyer and had tracked his progress. Iyer seems to be batting on a different wicket. Anything can happen in a final!
Rishabh Pant, DC captain: I don't have words to express at the moment, can't tell anything. We just kept believing, tried to stay in the game as long as possible. The bowlersnearly pulled it back, but it's unfortunate that it didn't go our way. They bowled very well in the middle-overs, we got stuck and couldn't rotate strike. Delhi Capitals are known to be positive and hopefully we'll come back better next season. We played really good cricket, yes, there will be ups and downs, but we'll stay positive, be there for each other, care for each other and hopefully we'll come back better next season.