After last edition’s poor show, Chennai Super Kings made a stunning comeback by claiming fourth IPL title with a convincing 27-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the final in Dubai on Friday. Put in to bat, Chennai scored 192 for 3 with Faf du Plessis leading the charge with a 59-ball 86. Ruturaj Gaikwad…
The Friday night IPL 2021 final will be a battle between experience and resilience. Chennai Super Kings have the astute captain in MS Dhoni while on the other hand Kolkata Knight too got a cool captain in Eoin Morgan. When Chennai will heavily depend on Ruturaj Gaikwad and the batting revolving around him, Kolkata will…
Kolkata Knight Riders reached their first IPL final in seven years with a jittery three-wicket win over last edition’s finalist Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 2 on Wednesday in Sharjah. Chasing a target of 136, opening stand of 96 runs between Venkatesh Iyer (55) and Shubman Gill (46) set them up before they lost seven wickets…
Delhi Capitals have a second shot of making to the finals when they take on a resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2021 on Wednesday. They missed out in the first qualifier against Chennai Super Kings with MS Dhoni cameo taking his team to their ninth IPL finals. But a defeat here…
Virat Kohli has decided to step down from captaincy after this season and would very much like to go out on a high when Royal Challengers Bangalore takes on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL Eliminator on Monday. He had earlier led Bangalore to an IPL final in 2016, besides having earlier played in the…
Chennai Super Kings are not unfamiliar to playing in playoffs, rather as a team they thrive and will start as favourites in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2021 against Delhi Capitals on Sunday. Rishabh Pant-led Delhi entered the playoff stage as the top team with 20 points but were stunned in their last league match against…
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad has dampened their chances of finishing in the top-two. If they win this match against Delhi Capitals big, it will still be difficult to dislodge Chennai Super Kings from the second position. But the Virat Kohli-led side has discovered its mojo going into the playoffs, with its batting…
The last two league games of IPL 2021 will be played simultaneously on Friday, which was earlier decided, and all eyes will be on one match where five-time champions Mumbai Indians have a big task of grabbing the final playoff spot. Kolkata Knight Riders have made their chances bright of booking the final playoff berth…
Kolkata Knight Riders and net run-rates go back a long way, and this season too the script is pretty much similar. In the previous editions of 2010, 2019 and 2020, Kolkata failed to make the playoff berths due to poor net run-rates. However, this year they are in a better position to qualify, as they…
In the first match of Thursday’s double-header, Chennai Super Kings will be up against Punjab Kings. Chennai have already qualified to the playoff but they are now in a three-way battle for top-two finish. On the other hand KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings to stay in contention for the playoffs, need to win by about 70…
