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chennai team lifts the trophy fourth time
as dhoni dons the t20 cap 300th time
As the action goes on in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, we bring you the best of glimpses from the field and off it
our Bureau
Dubai
af du Plessis’ 86-run
knock backed up by a
Fspirited bowling perfor-
mance helped Chennai Super
Kings (CSK) defeat Kolkata
Knight Riders (KKR) by 27
runs in the final of the Indian
Premier League (IPL) 2021
here at the Dubai International
Stadium on Friday.
With this, MS Dhoni’s line-
up won the IPL trophy for the
fourth time, having previously
won the tournament in 2010,
2011, and 2018. Chasing 193,
KKR got off to a rollicking start
as the opening duo of Ven-
katesh Iyer and Shubman Gill
put on 55 runs inside the first
six overs. Iyer continued with
his form and he brought up his
half-century off just 31 balls in
the 10th over of the innings. It
seemed like the opening stand
was finally broken by Ravindra
Jadeja as he had Gill caught,
but the replays showed the ball
hit the ‘spider-cam’, and hence
it was deemed as ‘dead ball’ and
the batter got a reprieve. At the
halfway mark, KKR’s score read
88/0.
However, Iyer (50) was fi-
nally sent back to the pavilion in
the 11th over by Shardul Thak-
ur and the 91-run opening stand
came to an end. In the very same
over, Nitish Rana was dismissed
for a duck, and KKR was re-
duced to 93/2, still needing 100
runs for the win from 54 balls.
The next to fall for KKR
were Sunil Narine (2), Shub-
man Gill (51), Dinesh Karthik
(9), and Shakib Al Hasan (0)
and the innings quickly derailed
with Eoin Morgan’s side left at
120/6 in the 15th over, still need- KKR. Sent into bat, CSK got
OCTOBER 15, 2021 | The Indian Eye
ipl 2021
IPL trophy during the final of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2021 be-
tween the chennai super Kings and the Kolkata Knight riders, at the
Dubai international stadium, in Dubai on Friday. (aNi)
MS Dhoni, the captain of Chennai Super Kings during the final of the Vivo
iPl 2021 at the Dubai international stadium, in Dubai on Friday (aNi) en Sammy who has lead Pesha-
ing 73 runs for the win. In the off to a steady start as openers
end, the task proved too much Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du
for KKR, and CSK ended up Plessis put on 50 runs inside
winning the IPL 2021 title. the first six overs. During this
course, Gaikwad went on to
Earlier, Faf du Plessis leapfrog KL Rahul to become
brought his A-game to play a the leading run-scorer in this
knock of 86 runs and help CSK year’s IPL. The much-needed
post a total of 192/3 against
breakthrough to KKR was pro-
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vided by Sunil Narine as he dis-
missed Gaikwad (32) in the 9th
over, ending the 61-run opening
stand.
Faf du Plessis continued on
his merry way and he completed
his half-century in the 11th over
of the innings with CSK nicely
poised at 97/1. Robin Uthappa
scored 31 off 15 balls and he
proved a perfect foil to Faf and
the duo put on 63 runs for the
second wicket. However, Na-
rine once again got among the
action as he dismissed Uthappa
in the 14th over, reducing CSK
to 124/2.
dhoni goes on and on
ormer Indian wicket-
keeper-batter MS Dhoni
Fhas become the first cap-
tain to lead 300 matches in the
T20 format on Friday.
Dhoni achieved this feat
while leading Chennai Super
Kings in the Final of Indian Pre-
mier League (IPL) 2021 against
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
here at the Dubai Internation-
al Stadium in UAE. Dhoni has
been at the helm for Chennai
Super Kings, India, Rising Pune
Supergiants in the - IPL, CL
T20, Asia Cup, T20 World Cup
- and has won every major T20
Trophy in the world.
Second on the all-time list
comes West Indian icon, Dar-
war Zalmi, Rajshahi Kings, St
Lucia, St Lucia Stars, St Lucia
Zouks, Sunrisers Hyderabad,
Titans, West Indies, West Indies
XI, and Windward Islands in
the T20 format in 208 matches.
Virat Kohli comes on third
as he has lead team India and
Royal Challengers Bangalore in
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