Throughout IPL V, Kolkata Knight Riders kept playing Yusuf Pathan in the hope he would come good some day. For the KKR team management knew all too well that the day the Baroda man fires, he can steal the show.u00a0And that patience paid off tonight, Pathan chose one of the biggest games of the event, their qualifier against Delhi Daredevils, to make an impact, which was the decisive factor in the Shah Rukh Khan-owned outfit beating Delhi by 18 runs and making the final here tonight.

With 16 overs gone and 106 runs on the board, KKR looked like struggling to get to even 140. But Yusuf’s 21-ball 40, which included three fours and two sixes, and his 24-ball 56 run unbroken stand with Laxmi Ratan Shukla took them to 162.