JOIN USIPL 2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals highlights: KKR win by 85 runs
That would be all from the coverage of this match. Only two more games remain in the league stage of IPL 2021. Those two matches kick-off start at 7.30 PM tomorrow. In one match, RCB face DC and in the other match, MI take on SRH.
For MI to qualify for the playoffs, they will have to beat SRH by a gap of 171 runs if they bat first. If MI bat second they cannot go past KKR's net run rate. RCB will have to beat DC by155+ runs batting first or by over 100 balls to overtake CSK for the second spot on the points table.
It is looking tough for RCB to finish second and impossible for MI to qualify for the playoffs. But we never know what cricket dishes out!
Join us tomorrow! Goodbye for now.
Player of the Match
KKR pacer Shivam Mavi wins the Player of the Match award for his firey spell of 4/21.
Shivam Mavi: I feel really good to do well on this wicket. The plan was to bowl wicket to wicket and to not give room because of the low bounce. When I was playing under-19, you need to keep learning. I learnt how to use the slower ball, when to bowl the yorker, I have learnt a lot here at KKR. I liked Dube's wicket. Feels nice to get wicket LBW or bowled as a bowler.
Eoin Morgan, KKR captain: Losing the toss and having to set was a difficult challenge. Venkatesh Iyer and Shubman Gill have been the shining lights for us in the second half. I thought we were brilliant to take the opportunities. If you got too hard too early here, you could get out. I thought our batters timed their assault very well. Shakib coming in and performing has made missing Andre Russell a little bit easier, because Russ is a genuine batter and bowler. We knew he recovers quickly, so we are assessing day by day. We did everything we had to do.
Sanju Samson, RR captain:I think to be very honest it was a better wicket. It was staying a little low with the new ball but it was a better wicket. 171 was chaseable on this wicket. I think we wanted to get a good start. We needed a powerful powerplay. We wanted to execute whatever we planned but we didn't execute. I think if you look at the whole season, we have gone through many challenges. We showed character though and am proud of the boys. We won some close games and lost some easy ones. We need to play a better standard of cricket to win more games in this tournament. Everyone came up with positive vibes, People were ready to go out there and win games for us. Being the skipper, I changed the way I look at my innings. It was always about thinking about the match situations. I would have loved to win more games despite scoring a lot of runs.