Rahul Tripathi started the party just as it seemed as though the lights were finally set to go out on Kolkata Knight Riders’ renaissance in the 2021 Indian Premier League.
The 30-year-old batter muscled the penultimate ball of the match — and that, too, a hat-trick ball — into the stands to send Kolkata through to Friday’s final at Delhi Capitals’ expense.
His teammates must have already thought they had won the right to face Chennai Super Kings in the final when they reached 123-1, chasing just 135 to win.
They needed just 12, and had four overs in which to do it. Stunningly, they tumbled to 130-7 in no time.
It left Tripathi with six to get off the last two balls from Ravichandran Ashwin to win it. He only needed one of them.
“The win for the team was very important,” Tripathi said. “There were one or two tough overs but I didn’t think the game would go that deep. I knew I just had to connect with one. I did that, so I am very happy.
“It was difficult coming in because the pitch was keeping low. Getting singles or boundaries were difficult, and it was difficult to get your first or second ball off the middle of the bat.
“I thought it would be OK. I was just believing in myself. I knew we were just one hit away, and we would do it.”
Venkatesh Iyer had broken the back of the run chase, posting his third half century of his debut IPL, having made one in each of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.
When he went, for 55 off 41, it already felt as though it was game over.
Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Ashwin, as well as the slow Sharjah wicket, combined to send jitters racing through the Kolkata dressing room.
Tripathi got them over the line at the last, though, with three wickets and a ball to spare.
“I don’t think I have words to express how we are feeling right now,” Rishabh Pant, the Delhi captain, said.
“As Delhi Capitals, we kept on believing, we tried to stay in the game as long as possible, and the bowlers nearly pulled it back. It is unfortunate they passed the line.
“Delhi Capitals is all about being positive, and hopefully we can come back stronger for this next year.
“Throughout the season we have played really good cricket. Yes, there will be ups and downs with cricket, but as the Delhi Capitals, we stick together, we learn from each other, we care for each other.
“There are a lot of learnings going forward, so hopefully we will improve next year.”
Tributes from the UAE's personal finance community
• Sebastien Aguilar, who heads SimplyFI.org, a non-profit community where people learn to invest Bogleheads’ style
“It is thanks to Jack Bogle’s work that this community exists and thanks to his work that many investors now get the full benefits of long term, buy and hold stock market investing.
Compared to the industry, investing using the common sense approach of a Boglehead saves a lot in costs and guarantees higher returns than the average actively managed fund over the long term.
From a personal perspective, learning how to invest using Bogle’s approach was a turning point in my life. I quickly realised there was no point chasing returns and paying expensive advisers or platforms. Once money is taken care off, you can work on what truly matters, such as family, relationships or other projects. I owe Jack Bogle for that.”
• Sam Instone, director of financial advisory firm AES International
"Thought to have saved investors over a trillion dollars, Jack Bogle’s ideas truly changed the way the world invests. Shaped by his own personal experiences, his philosophy and basic rules for investors challenged the status quo of a self-interested global industry and eventually prevailed. Loathed by many big companies and commission-driven salespeople, he has transformed the way well-informed investors and professional advisers make decisions."
• Demos Kyprianou, a board member of SimplyFI.org
"Jack Bogle for me was a rebel, a revolutionary who changed the industry and gave the little guy like me, a chance. He was also a mentor who inspired me to take the leap and take control of my own finances."
• Steve Cronin, founder of DeadSimpleSaving.com
"Obsessed with reducing fees, Jack Bogle structured Vanguard to be owned by its clients – that way the priority would be fee minimisation for clients rather than profit maximisation for the company.
His real gift to us has been the ability to invest in the stock market (buy and hold for the long term) rather than be forced to speculate (try to make profits in the shorter term) or even worse have others speculate on our behalf.
Bogle has given countless investors the ability to get on with their life while growing their wealth in the background as fast as possible. The Financial Independence movement would barely exist without this."
• Zach Holz, who blogs about financial independence at The Happiest Teacher
"Jack Bogle was one of the greatest forces for wealth democratisation the world has ever seen. He allowed people a way to be free from the parasitical "financial advisers" whose only real concern are the fat fees they get from selling you over-complicated "products" that have caused millions of people all around the world real harm.”
• Tuan Phan, a board member of SimplyFI.org
"In an industry that’s synonymous with greed, Jack Bogle was a lone wolf, swimming against the tide. When others were incentivised to enrich themselves, he stood by the ‘fiduciary’ standard – something that is badly needed in the financial industry of the UAE."
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