IPL 2014 – Final – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sunday, June 1, 2014
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Today the most entertaining form of cricket will conclude with the final being played between two of the best IPL teams in this season. Kings XI Punjab who have been phenomenal from the first match will take on resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders. The 2012 winners, KKR will be high on confidence as they had recently beaten Punjab in the qualifiers to move to the IPL final. Kolkata Knight Riders will be hoping that they repeat their performance against KXIP and win the IPL champions title again.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab are coming into this match by beating Chennai Super Kings in an exciting match in the second qualifier played on May 30. KXIP will be hoping to win their first IPL title since its inception as they have qualified for the finals for the very first time since 2008. With the likes of Sehwag, Miller, Bailey, Maxwell, KXIP has a formidable batting line up and no total looks unachievable when they get going. Kolkata will be relying on their spinners to halt the run machines of KXIP. So essentially today’s match will be contest between Punjab batsmen vs Kolkata bowlers.
Players to watch out for
Kings XI Punjab
Batsmen: Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller and George Bailey
Bowlers: Rishi Dhawan and Sandeep Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders
Batsmen: Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan and Robin Uthappa
Bowlers: Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla
Kings XI Punjab Team For IPL 2014
George Bailey (captain), Anureet Singh,Parvinder Awana, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Beuran Hendricks, Mitchell Johnson, Karanveer Singh, Murali Kartik, Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Akshar Patel, Thisara Perera, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, Sandeep Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra.
Kolkata Knight Riders Team For IPL 2014
Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins, Debabrata Das, Jacques Kallis, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Sayan Mondal, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Veer Pratap Singh, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Robin Uthappa (wk), Vinay Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav
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