01/06Result
Final (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, Jun 1 2014
KKR won by 3 wkts
Player of the Match
Manish Pandey
Manish PandeyKolkata Knight Riders
01/06Result
Final (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, Jun 1 2014
KKR won by 3 wkts
Player of the Match
Manish Pandey
Manish PandeyKolkata Knight Riders

Match Day

Report
2953dThe Report by George Binoy

Pandey guns KKR to second title

Manish Pandey's 94 off 50 balls ensured Knight Riders did not fall behind the asking rate at any stage and achieved the target of 200 with three balls to spare

2485dESPNcricinfo staff

'We always had faith in Pandey' - Gambhir

In an exclusive interview with ESPNcricinfo, Gautam Gambhir looks back at Kolkata Knight Riders' IPL title charge and looks ahead to India's tour of England

2485dAndy Zaltzman

Pick Buttler already

Should he be in England's Test side? Should he not? How do you tell if a player is "ready"? Damn it all and pencil him in

2953dNitin Sundar

This time for KKR

Tweet report from the IPL final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab

2485dAlagappan Muthu

The unfancied boys who never backed down

The IPL has derived its star value from players who tug at the fans' heartstrings. Yet on the biggest day of the season, it was five unfancied boys who demanded the spotlight and eclipsed everyone else

2485dESPNcricinfo staff

Sunrisers chase gave us belief - Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders' chase of 161 in 14.2 overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, according to Gautam Gambhir, had given them the belief they could chase 200 in the IPL final

2953dESPNcricinfo staff

Captains focus on the basics

Gautam Gambhir, the Knight Riders captain, termed Kings XI a "dangerous side" and said both teams would be on an equal footing when they stride out at the Chinnaswamy stadium

2953dGeorge Binoy

The unusual no-ball

Plays of the day from the IPL final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab

best of the worst

4/54

Karanveer Singh's figures are the most expensive for a bowler who has taken 4 wickets in a T20 match.

The smallest margins

104

No. of runs that Wriddhiman Saha scored off 50 balls. Manish Pandey scored only 94 off 50. Who will be the happier man?

familiar territory

7

No. of times Knight Riders have scored 50+ runs in the last five overs of an innings while chasing in the IPL - they need 49 today

Prime target

97

No. of runs Parvinder Awana has conceded in seven overs in his last two games

Rising to the occasion

10.2

No. of overs in which Manish Pandey got to fifty - he has never managed this at an earlier stage of the innings in all T20 cricket.

Slam bang?

3

No. of times in this season that teams have scored 60+ runs in the Powerplay without a single six - Knight Rideres got 59 today.

Busy boys

8

No. of dot balls in the Powerplay for Knight Riders - the lowest in the season. The next best is nine by Kings XI when they visited Hyderabad

Weak link?

22.28

Gautam Gambhir's batting average in this season - it has only been worse in 2009 (22.0)

It's outta here

2

Number of IPL seasons in which 700+ sixes have been scored - the 2012 and 2014 seasons

Big man gone

660

No. of runs scored by Robin Uthappa in IPL 2014 - the highest score by an Indian in an IPL season.

Stepping out from shadows

115

Wriddhiman Saha's score is the highest score by a batsman in any T20 tournament final.

Topping the charts

199

The highest score for any team against Knight Riders in this IPL. Also, the second-highest score by any team in an IPL final

Saha joins big boys

2

No of batsmen who have hit Narine for three or more sixes across IPL seasons - Saha(3) and Raina (4).