IPL 2021, KKR vs DC: KKR beat Delhi by 3 wickets with the bat of Nitish Rana |

Kolkata Knight Riders: 130/7 (18.2 overs)

KKR won by 3 wickets

Sharjah: Lost last match against Chennai Super Kings Knights had to win the match at any cost in Sharjah on Tuesday The target was 128 runs But KKR batsmen had to struggle to do that The Knights themselves once made the simple task of winning difficult In the end, Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals) beat Delhi Capitals by 3 wickets with 10 balls remaining.

The sight of Andre Russell leaving the field with a hamstring injury in the match against Chennai Super Kings created anxiety in the minds of KKR fans. Kolkata Knight Riders need to win each of their last four matches to stay safe in the playoff race. Morgan Brigade entered the field on Tuesday with this figure KKR captain Eoin Morgan did not make a mistake in winning the toss and fielding first

Batting first, Delhi managed to score only 127 runs after losing 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs The Delhi batsmen could not take advantage of the tight bowling of Ferguson, Varun Chakraborty and Narine. Ferguson took 2 wickets with 10 runs in 2 overs Besides, Sunil Narine took 2 wickets and Venkatesh Iyer also took 2 wickets on the day

Although the target was not very big, KKR also got into trouble once they came down to bat on the slow wicket of Sharjah. In the middle of the innings, the Knights made their task difficult by losing several wickets in a row Finally Nitish Rana succeeded in winning the team He remained unbeaten in the end by scoring 36 runs off 27 balls The winning boundary also comes from his bat Sunil Narine gave a worthy accompaniment to Rana He went down to bat at number seven and scored 21 runs in just 10 balls Hit 1 four and 2 sixes After this victory, the Knights are now fourth in the league table After playing 11 matches, they collected 10 points Net run rate (+0.363) is also good enough for them for now As a result, Kolkata Knight Riders have a great chance of reaching the playoffs