With this win, Lucknow qualified for the playoffs after getting 18 points in their 14 league matches
Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) celebrated their IPL 2021 triumph with Tamil Nadu CM Stalin at a glittering ceremony on Saturday.
Du Plessis, who survived a stumping chance at two, slammed Ferguson for back-to-back fours before ending the over with a six over long-off to reach his half-century in 35 balls. Uthappa (31) made full use of a reprieve from Sunil Narine to slam Chakravarthy followed by Narine for sixes. But Narine had the last laugh as Uthappa's attempt to reverse sweep ended in a plumb lbw decision.
Dhoni's CSK have three titles with five final defeats while KKR have won both their finals under the mercurial Gautam Gambhir.
KKR will now face the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in the summit clash, which is scheduled to be played at Dubai International Stadium on Friday.
For Delhi, Shikhar Dhawan (36), Shreyas Iyer (30*) were the top-scorers while Varun Chakaravarthy (2/26) was the most successful bowler for KKR
DC opener Ptithvi Shaw has said that the players need to "back each other in this moment".
Virat Kohli on Tuesday posted an emotional message for the RCB fans. Despite stepping down as RCB captain, Kohli reiterated that he will continue playing for the franchise as long as he plays in the IPL.
Sunil Narine's promotion to five paid off as he slammed three sixes off Daniel Christian over fine leg, square leg and long-off in the 12th over to simplify the equation.
Narine (4/21) sent RCB's big guns back in the dug-out as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell had no answer to his turning deliveries under pressure situation.
Dhoni played a stellar inning as his unbeaten six-ball 18 at a strike rate of exactly 300, including three boundaries and a maximum, helped CSK secure a place in the final.
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It will be a test of Virat Kohli's tactical acumen against the ice-cool demeanour of Eoin Morgan when perennial underachievers Royal Challengers Bangalore clash with former champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL Eliminator here on Monday.
Pandey stitched a partnership of 56 runs with Priyam Garg before Bumrah took out Garg with a slower delivery in the 16th over. Though Pandey notched up his half-century, Jason Holder holed out to long-on off Coulter-Nile in the next over. With Rashid Khan and Wriddhiman Saha falling cheaply, Hyderabad's chase was as good as over.
Mumbai Indians (5th spot), Punjab Kings (6th spot), Rajasthan Royals (7th spot), and Sunrisers Hyderabad (8th spot) failed to qualify for the playoffs of the IPL 2021.
But KS Bharat (78 off 52) and Glenn Maxwell (51 off 33) stitched an unbeaten 111-run stand to take RCB over the victory line in the last ball. Bharat struck a six off the final delivery to seal the victory.
On Thursday, fans witnessed something which doesn’t happen most often at the stands. IPL got romantic after Chennai Super King’s (CSK) Deepak Chahar surprised everyone by proposing his girlfriend Jaya Bharadwaj in the stands, after the match with Punjab Kings (PBKS).
Ambati Rayudu crunched Avesh Khan for boundaries through backward point and extra cover in the 12th over as he and MS Dhoni started to rebuild Chennai's innings. Rayudu brought up Chennai's hundred in the 17th over with a full toss from Kagiso Rabada slammed down the ground.
Throughout the innings, Kolkatas bowlers made life difficult for Hyderabad's batters, hardly providing any breathing space
With this win, RCB now have 16 points and became the third team after CSK and DC to have made it to the last four stages