The IPL 2021 qualifier 1 and 2 as well as the eliminator rounds have finally come to an end with two teams - Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders - ready to face each other in the IPL 14 final.

CSK first faced off against IPL 2021 table-toppers Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1. DC, batting first posted a total of 172/5 with batsman Prithvi Shaw scoring 60 off just 34 balls.  In reply, Dhoni's CSK  reached the total with 2 balls to spare courtesy of their star batsman for IPL 2021 - Ruturaj Gaikwad. The CSK batsman scored yet another fifty - 70 off 50 balls - to help his team enter their 9th IPL final.