On This Day 15 October CSK Beat KKR in IPL 2021 Final: On this day, three years ago on 15 October 2021, Chennai Super Kings won their fourth IPL title. Chennai had defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in the final. At one time the title match was completely in the hands of KKR, but the bowlers of Dhoni’s team suddenly turned the whole game upside down.
In the final match of IPL 2021, Chennai Super Kings had scored 192 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs after playing first. For Chennai, Faf du Plessis played a brilliant inning of 86 runs in 59 balls. 7 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. Whereas Rituraj Gaikwad scored 32 runs in 27 balls. Robin Uthappa, who came at number three, scored 31 runs in 15 balls and Moeen Ali scored unbeaten 37 runs in 20 balls. For KKR, Sunil Narine took two wickets for just 26 runs in four overs.
Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer gave a great start to Kolkata Knight Riders while chasing the target of 193 runs. At one time KKR’s score was 91 runs without any wicket. It seemed that KKR would once again chase a big run in the final against Chennai, but the Chennai bowlers turned the tables.
On the total score of 91, Venkatesh Iyer returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 runs in 32 balls. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his explosive innings. Then what happened, as soon as the first wicket fell, I came and KKR batsmen were out. Apart from Iyer, Gill also scored a half-century. He scored 51 runs in 43 balls with the help of 6 fours. Apart from this, the rest of the batsmen could not stay on the crease for long.
Nitish Rana 00, Sunil Narine 02, Captain Eoin Morgan 04, Dinesh Karthik 09, Shakib Al Hasan 00 and Rahul Tripathi returned to the pavilion after scoring 02 runs. KKR, which did not lose any wicket for 91 runs, could score only 165 runs in 20 overs. Chennai won the title match by 27 runs and won the IPL trophy for the fourth time.
