IPL 2021: Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja shine as CSK defeat KKR to lift 4th IPL title

Faf du Plessis 86run knock backed up by a spirited bowling performance 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 FridayWith this MS Dhonis lineup won the IPL trophy for the fourth time having previously won the tournament in 2010 2011 and 2018Chasing 193 KKR got off to a rollicking start as the opening duo of Venkatesh Iyer and Shubman Gill put on 55 runs inside the first six overs Iyer continued with his form and he brought up his halfcentury 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 spidercam and hence it was deemed as dead ball and the batter got a reprieve At the halfway mark KKRs score read 880However Iyer 50 was finally sent back to the pavilion in the 11th over by Shardul Thakur and the 91run opening stand came to an end In the very same over Nitish Rana was dismissed for a duck and KKR was reduced to 932 still needing 100 runs for the win from 54 ballsThe next to fall for KKR were Sunil Narine 2 Shubman Gill 51 Dinesh Karthik 9 and Shakib Al Hasan 0 and the innings quickly derailed with Eoin Morgans side left at 1206 in the 15th over still needing 73 runs for the win In the end the task proved too much for KKR and CSK ended up winning the IPL 2021 titleEarlier Faf du Plessis brought his Agame to play a knock of 86 runs and help CSK post a total of 1923 against KKR Sent into bat CSK got off to a steady start as openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis put on 50 runs inside the first six overs During this course Gaikwad went on to leapfrog KL Rahul to become the leading runscorer in this years IPL The muchneeded breakthrough to KKR was provided by Sunil Narine as he dismissed Gaikwad 32 in the 9th over ending the 61run opening standFaf du Plessis continued on his merry way and he completed his halfcentury in the 11th over of the innings with CSK nicely poised at 971 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 Narine once again got among the action as he dismissed Uthappa in the 14th over reducing CSK to 1242Moeen Ali next came out to bat and he also played the very same way and KKR bowlers were left searching for answers In the final three overs CSK managed to add 39 more runs taking the score past the 190run mark For Dhonis side Moeen remained unbeaten 37Brief Scores CSK 1923 Faf du Plessis 86 Moeen Ali 37 Sunil Narine 226 vs KKR 1659 Shubman Gill 51 Venkatesh Iyer 50 Shardul Thakur 338This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever