KKR vs RR | Twitter reacts as KKR skittle RR for 85 to put themselves on cusp of IPL 2021 playoffs

10/07/2021

Lockie Ferguson and Shivam Mavi starred with the ball, as Kolkata Knight Riders bundled out Rajasthan Royals for 85, securing a 86-win in a must win IPL 2021 match in Sharjah On Thursday. The win has secured a play-off berth for Eoin Morgan’s side, on virtue of a highly healthy net run-rate.

Shakib Al Hasan removed Yashasvi Jaiswal for a three-ball duck, before Lockie Ferguson (3/18) and Shivam Mavi (4/21) unleashed their raw pace to reduce Rajasthan Royals to 13/4 and subsequently 35/7 during their run-chase of 172.

Rahul Tewatia’s 36-ball 44 was barely a consolation, as was good enough only to delay the result rather than altering it, as RR were eventually bundled out for 85 to give KKR a thumping 86-run win. It was the lowest team total at IPL 2021, after RR’s 90/9 in their previous outing against Mumbai Indians at the same venue on Tuesday.

Earlier, Shubman Gill scored a well compiled 44-ball 56, and Venkatesh Iyer (38) and Rahul Tripathi (21) made crucial contributions, as KKR finished at 171/4 after being put in to bat. The Knight Riders scored 102 in their last 10 overs, which propelled them to the highest score in Sharjah this season.

KKR secured a fourth position in the points table with 14 points and a net run-rate of +0.587. They’d only be robbed of a playoffs berth, should Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 171 runs in their last league fixture on Friday.

TOTAL CONFUSION!

— Rishobpuant (@rishobpuant)

RCB VS KKR!

Outstanding performance by team KKR in their last must win league match . A comprehensive win, now they’ll qualify to the playoffs easily. MOM Mavi. Goodbye MI.

Best wishes - DD, CSK, RCB, and KKR for ’s knockout matches.
— 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 (@aka_dpu)

TEAM EFFORT!

A collective team effort of a dominating entry to the playoffs, what a match what a performer from e everyone @VarunChakraborty

Hoping for the trophy
— Ashim Jyoti (@iAshimJt)

THAT WAS A KNOCKOUT PUNCH!

That was a knockout punch by 🔥
— harshad kolhe (@harshadkolhe18)

excellent!

This is excellent from Kolkata Knight Riders. From being in contention for the wooden spoon coming into the 2nd leg, not only have they won 5 of their 7 games and virtually qualified for play-offs, but currently have the best NRR among all teams!
— Aditya Warty (@AnalystAdi)

WHAT A TEAM!

KKR had won just 2 games out of 5 in the first leg of IPL.

Now they have qualified for the playoffs with the best NRR among all the teams!!

W-H-A-T A C-O-M-E-B-A-C-K
— ☄️ (@90minEqualizer)

WOOWWW!

KKR in :-

•First 7 Matches - 2 Win, 5 Loses.

•Next 7 Matches - 5 Win, 2 Loses.

What a Comeback.
— Iam Mukkesh 🇮🇳 (@iammukkesh)

LOL!

Mi fans situation 😂😂
— Aakash verma (@Aakashv74401874)

WHAT A WIN!

We won by 86 freaking runs!!

Vintage KKR 💜

We are qualified finally 🎊

There was a time when we had no hopes but our team improved so much that it's in qualifications now 💜

So proud of Purple Army 💜
— im Sneh Sourav (@snehbackksourav)

YESSS!

Match No 54

Yesssss 🥳🥳🥳

We won🤩🤩🤩🔥🔥

Well Played guys💜💜🔥🔥🔥

Finally we are in Playoff 🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🥳

Congratulations Team

Thank you for win it's important for us.
— Real Saurav Dubey 🇮🇳 (@realsauravdubey)

WELL PLAYED KKR!

Well played KKR Never expected that you will reach playoffs in this season but what a turnaround this has been. Well deserved. Played like true knights. Go well in playoffs. Love this team till the moon and back!!!

PAINT THE WORLD PURPLE 💜
— Rise n Shine 🌟 (@Susmita__gtm)

KKR vs RR | Twitter reacts as KKR skittle RR for 85 to put themselves on cusp of IPL 2021 playoffs

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