Originally scheduled to be held on 30 May 2021 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the tournament, along with the final, was suspended in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2][3] and was relocated to the United Arab Emirates.
[1] Chennai Super Kings won the match by 27 runs beating Kolkata Knight Riders, to win their fourth IPL title.
[9] Kolkata Knight Riders started with a 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai,[10] but won only one of their next six games in India.
[11] Kolkata qualified as the fourth placed team after Mumbai Indians failed to beat Hyderabad by the required margin on the last day of the group stage.
[12] Chennai won both the games played between the sides in the group stage, first one by 18 runs in Mumbai on 21 April,[13] and second one by 2 wickets in Abu Dhabi on 26 September.
Eoin Morgan of the Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to put the opposition, Chennai Super Kings to bat.
Gaikwad was the first wicket to fall, when he was out caught by Shivam Mavi off the bowling of Sunil Narine scoring a total of 32 runs, bringing former Indian batter Robin Uthappa to the crease.
The team went on to score 192 for the loss of 3 wickets, with du Plessis being out caught by Venkatesh Iyer at long-on off the bowling of Mavi at the last ball of the innings.
New Zealand all-rounder Lockie Ferguson and Indian bowler Shivam Mavi mounted a late resistance, but, was not sufficient to get the team to the winning score.