Kings XI Punjab reach Finals of IPL 2014 !!!
In the second qualifier of season 7 of Indian Premier League (Pepsi IPL 2014), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 24 Runs.
Having won the toss at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Chennai Super Kings elected to field first.
Kings XI Punjab had a brilliant start with both openers playing well. Manan Vohra scored 34 runs of 31 balls but it was Virender Sehwag who scored a brilliant century to help Kings XI Punjab to post a very big total in the all important game. Sehwag scored 122 runs of just 58 balls, hitting 12 fours and 8 sixes. David Miller scored 38 runs of just 19 balls and in the end Kings XI Punjab posted a total of 226/6 in their 20 overs.
For Chennai Super Kings, Ashish Nehra picked up two wickets while Ishwar Pandey, Mohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin picked up one wicket each.
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Chasing this very big total, Chennai Super Kings lost wickets of Dwayne Smith and Francois du Plessis early, but Suresh Raina played brilliantly. He scored 87 runs of just 25 balls. In his innings he hit 12 fours and 6 sixes. He and not only eased the pressure but also scored at a brisk pace bring the required runrate under control. But after Suresh Raina got out, few wickets well and the required run rate went on rising. In the end Chennai Super Kings reach 202/7 in their 20 overs loosing the match by 24 runs.
Virender Sehwag was named Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performance.
Please find below detailed score scorecard of both the innings.
1st Innings Scorecard (Kings XI Punjab Batting) :
2nd Innings Scorecard (Chennai Super Kings Batting) :
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