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
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Man of the match – Manish Pandey

In a high scoring thriller today, the 2012 champions Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by three wickets to win the IPL 2014 season, thanks to the superb batting performance by Manish Pandey and valuable support from other players.

Chasing 200 to win, Kolkata lost their highest run scorer Robin Uthappa in the very first over when the team score was just 6. Captain Gambhir and Manish Pandey revived Kolkata’s innings and scored at the required 10 runs per over to continue KKR’s hunt for the title. In the 7th over, Karanveer got the priced wicket of Gambhir to give some hope to Punjab but the next batsmen in, Yusuf Pathan continued where Gambhir left. He along with Pandey took the match away from Punjab. Pandey played a stunning innings of 94 in 50 balls where as Pathan scored 36 off 22 balls. Just when it looked that Kolkata will win the match easily, Karanveer striked and got quick wickets to reduce KKR to 176/6 in 17 overs. Needing 11 to win from 2 overs, Piyush Chawla hit a six on the last ball of 19th over to bring the match in KKR’s hand. They needed 5 to win off the last over and Chawla hit a four to take his team to a 3 wicket win over Punjab.

Earlier Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first. Kings XI Punjab openers added 23 runs for the first wicket stand after which Sehwag got out. Captain Bailey also fell cheaply and Punjab were struggling at 30/2 in 5.1 overs. At the end of power play, Kings XI Punjab were at 32/2 which was their lowest powerplay total in this IPL. Manan Vohra and Wriddhiman Saha then slowly started to build Punjab’s innings. Punjab were 92/2 in 13 overs and after this, both Saha and Vohra pressed the accelerator. Saha and VOhra started to hammer every bowler and was particularly severe to Naraine. The duo added 67 runs in next 4 overs. Vohra got out after scoring a brilliant 52 ball 67 where as Saha continued the blast and scored 115 in 55 balls (10 fours, 8 sixes) to help Kings XI Punjab post 199/4 in 20 overs.

IPL 2014 – Final – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

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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Qualifier 2 IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Friday, May 30, 2014
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 24 runs
Man of the match – Virender Sehwag

It was the scintillating batting of Virender Sehwag which powered Kings XI Punjab to the final of IPL as they defeated Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs. Now King XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL final to be played on June 1, 2014.

Chasing 227 to win, Chennai Super Kings lost Faf du Plessis on the second ball of the innings when the team score was just 1. Suresh Raina and Dwayne Smith then set the ball rolling as Raina hammered KXIP bowlers to all corners of the ground. Suresh Raina played a stunning innings of 87 in 25 balls and it looked that he will take the match away from Punjab. The spectacular Raina innings came to an end in the form of a run out which brought the much needed respite for Punjab. With this wicket, Punjab bounced back into the game and tightened their grip on the match. Though Ravindra Jadeja got a start but Awana’s double blow in the1 13th over ended CSK hopes. MS Dhoni was the only hope for Chennai but the run rate was way over his control. Chennai Super Kings gave them a good reply and eventually managed to score 202/7 and thus lost the match by 24 runs. With this defeat, Chennai are now out of IPL 2014.

Earlier Chennai Super Kings won the toss and invited Kings XI Punjab to bat first. Virender Sehwag and Manan Vohra gave KXIP a dream start as the duo added 110 runs in 10.4 overs for the first wicket stand. Pandey got the first breakthrough for Chennai as he got the wicket of Vohra (34 off 31 balls). Sehwag was at his devastating best today as he scored his half century in 21 balls. Though Maxwell failed yet again today but it was Sehwag who continued his scintillating batting from the other end. Watching him play was a pure delight for all Kings XI Punjab fans as he smashed every bowler out of the ground. Sehwag completed his century, his second in IPL but still there was no stopping. Eventually Sehwag got out for 122 but a cameo from David Miller ( 38 off 19balls) helped KXIP post a huge total of 226/6 in 20 overs.

Qualifier 2 IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Qualifier 2 IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Friday, May 30, 2014
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Today in the second qualifier of IPL 2014, Kings XI Punjab will take on Chennai Super Kings at 8 pm Indian Standard Time.

This is a do or die situation for both the teams as the winner will move to the finals to take on Kolkata Knight Riders on June 1 and the loser will have to pack his back and go home. All the efforts so far will go in vain for the loosing team today. Ironically both these teams remained Number 1 and Number 2 for most of the season till KKR turned the fortunes and displaced Chennai from Number 2.

Kings XI Punjab who had the best season so far are coming into this match with a humiliating defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders in the first qualifier. KXIP who are considered to be the best chasers lost the momentum in the last match but would be hoping to come back strongly against Chennai today and take revenge of their two defeats at the hand of CSK in league stage.

On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings are coming into this match by defeating Mumbai Indians and also have an edge over KXIP as they have defeated them twice in the league stage. CSK will be hoping to repeat the performance and move to the finals of IPL 2014.

Players to Watch out for
Kings XI Punjab
George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Virender Sehwag and Rishi Dhawan.

Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Suresh Raina and Mohit Sharma.

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.

Chennai Super Kings Team For IPL 2014
MS Dhoni (captain/wk), Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, John Hastings, Matt Henry, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Suresh Raina, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma,Dwayne Smith.

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Match – 57 IPL 2014 – Qualifier 1 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Wednesday May 28
Time – 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to field
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 28 runs
Man of the Match – Umesh Yadav

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab to enter the finals of Pepsi IPL 2014. It was a superb all round performance by Kolkata which saw them beat the might Kings XI Punjab. KXIP’s strong batting line up crumbled under pressure today and thus lost the match by 28 runs. KXIP will now play in the second qualifier against the winner of Chennai vs Mumbai match to have one more shot at the finals.

Chasing 164 to win, Kings XI Punjab got off to a poor start as they lost Virender Sehwag for just 2 but Manan Vohra and Wriddhiman Saha built the innings and took the score to 45 at which Morkel got rid of Vohra. This wicket gave KKR the much needed break and they capitalized it. Umesh Yadav got rid of the dangerous Glenn Maxwell for just 6 and Piyush Chawla removed Killer Miller for 8. Wriddhiman Saha also got out to Morkel for 35 off 31 balls and KXIP looked in all sorts of problem with 87/6 in 13.3 overs. Captain George Bailey and Rishi Dhawan then raised some hope and hit few boundaries and sixes to keep the hunt on. But Al Hasan got rid of Dhawan and KXIP were 117/7 in 17.3 overs. Needing another 47 to win from 15 balls, George Bailey and Mitchell Johnson tried to hit few balls out of park. Eventually KXIP needed 30 to win from last over which and they could manage to score 135/8 and thus lost the match by 28 runs.

Earlier Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. Kolkata Knight Riders lost captain Gambhir in the second over when the team score was just 2. But Robin Uthappa once again came to team’s rescue as he along with Manish Pandey gave KKR the momentum to score big. The duo was getting dangerous for KXIP but the 9th over change the whole scenario. Akshar Patel first got the priced wicket of highest run scorer in IPL Robin Uthappa and then three balls later that of Manish Pandey. KKR were reduced to 67/3 in 8.5 overs. Shakib Al Hasanand Yusuf Pathan then slowly built the innings but again twin strike by Karanveer in the 15th over pegged KKR back. Finally some good hitting by the lower middle and tail helped KKR post a decent total of163/8 in 20 overs.

Qualifier 1 IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard