Sensational Sunil Narine sends Royal Challengers Bangalore packing

Sunil Narine gave glimpses of his lsquoold mysteryrsquo with the ball and then topped it up with three monster sixes as Kolkata Knight Ridersrsquo fourwicket victory in an exciting Eliminator dashed Virat Kohlirsquos dream of winning an IPL trophy while leading Royal Challengers BangaloreKKR will now meet Delhi Capitals in the second Qualifier on Tuesday to decide Chennai Super Kingsrsquo rivals for the title clash on October 15 Narine who had to remodel his action after coming under the scanner due to a suspect action multiple times singlehandedly ldquoeliminatedrdquo Royal Challengers Bangalore with bowling figures of 4 for 21Kohlirsquos contentious callHe then produced a crucial 26run knock off 15 balls that made a tricky chase of 139 slightly easier in the end KKR got home with two balls to spare Kohli who was captaining RCB for the last time did make a contentious decision by opting to bat on a sluggish surface which also offered turnNarine 421 sent RCBrsquos biggest guns back in the dugout as Kohli AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell had no answer to his turning deliveries under pressure situationWith Varun Chakravarthy 020 not conceding a single boundary and Shakib Al Hasan 024 in also keeping the batsmen on a tight leash the KKRrsquos spin troika gave away only 65 runs with four boundaries in 12 oversDefending a low score was never easy but save Harshal Patelrsquos alltime highestwicket tally in a single edition of 32 RCB had nothing to write home about as another season that started with a bang ended in a whimperOnce again captain Kohlirsquos inability to win pressure matches and bigticket tournaments was proved by KKRrsquos spinners who were successful in tying the batters in knots Not to forget the skipper not being at his best during middle overs in any of the gamesKKRrsquos chase could have been a bit dicey but Narine just chanced his arms in the 12th over to muscleDan Cristian for three sixes which proved to be decisive in the end However the evening did start well for RCB when Devdutt Padikkal 21 off 18 balls and Kohli 39 off 33 balls got off to a great start by adding 49 runs in the first five Powerplay oversThe opening duo attacked an underpressure Shivam Mavi with as many as five boundaries coming in those first few overs However it was Lockie Ferguson 230 whose extra pace did Padikkal in as the lefthander trying to cut dragged a delivery pitched well outside offstumpBharat troubledRCBrsquos last league match hero Kona Bharat 9 off 15 balls was troubled with the slowness of the trackHe was Narinersquos first of the four victims when he tried to loft the spinner over longoff but didnrsquot reach to the pitch of the delivery and holed out in the deep by Venkatesh IyerKohli who has had good starts in most games but lost the momentum post Powerplay overs with the field spread once again went into a shell The shot that got him out had desperation writ large over it as the slog sweep to a fuller delivery from Narine was never onBrief scoresRCB 1387 V Kohli 39 D Padikkal 21 S Narine 421 L Ferguson 230 lost to KKR 1396 in 194 overs S Gill 29 S Narine 26 H Patel 219 M Siraj 219 Y Chahal 216 by four wicketsRCBrsquos Hasaranga and Chameera join Sri Lankan teamRoyal Challengers Bangalore on Monday released Sri Lankan duo of allrounders Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera from the teamrsquos biobubble Both Hasaranga and Chameera are on their way to join their national squad ahead of its Round 1 matches in the T20 World Cup starting from October 17 Hasaranga and Chameera were roped in as replacement players in place of Australian duo Adam Zampa and Daniel SamsCheck out all the latest news and updates on IPL 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy 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