04/10Result
Final (N), Champions League Twenty20 at Bengaluru, Oct 4 2014
CSK won by 8 wkts (9b rem)
Player of the Match
Pawan Negi
Pawan NegiChennai Super Kings
04/10Result
Final (N), Champions League Twenty20 at Bengaluru, Oct 4 2014
CSK won by 8 wkts (9b rem)
Player of the Match
Pawan Negi
Pawan NegiChennai Super Kings

Match Day

Report
3735dThe Report by Abhishek Purohit

Raina century leads CSK to title

Suresh Raina bossed a Kolkata Knight Riders attack without the banned Sunil Narine for his third T20 century to lead Chennai Super Kings to their second Champions League T20 title

3734dAbhishek Purohit

The gateway of Suryakumar Yadav

Plays of the day from the Champions League T20 final between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders

3734dESPNcricinfo staff

Had to stay till the end - Raina

Suresh Raina said he had to make sure he stayed till the last over because if one wicket fell, the pressure would have been on the new batsman

3735dAlagappan Muthu at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Batting: CSK's one discipline to rule them all

Chennai Super Kings had won three finals out of six before this. They were hungry for a fourth title, and they bulldozed their way there with the help of a consistently powerful batting line-up, led by Suresh Raina

3735dESPNcricinfo staff

Suryakumar Yadav reported for suspect action

Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Suryakumar Yadav has been reported for a suspect bowling action following the Knight Riders' eight-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings in the final of the Champions League Twenty20

A champion team

4

Number of T20 finals that CSK have won (2 IPLs and 2 CLT20s). Only Sialkot Stallions have won more (7)

Racking them up

3

Number of T20 hundreds for Suresh Raina, the most by an Indian, and fifth highest in the world

Chance to make history

1

Number of teams that have remained unbeaten through a CLT20 (Sydney Sixers in 2012) - KKR could become the second if they win

Pressure player

3

Number of 50+ scores for Suresh Raina in finals of T20 tournaments - no player in the world has more

Sixes in a spin

6

Number of bowlers who concede more than 1 six per innings (min. 70 sixes). The list includes Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin

Chase Champs

10

Number of times CSK have made more than 180 while chasing - only Kings XI have done it more often (11) in T20 cricket

Early Exits

13

Number of times Dwayne Smith has been dismissed in the first over of the innings - the second most in T20 cricket

Opening Woes

20.75

Average opening partnership for CSK in this CLT20 - it was exactly double in the last IPL (41.50)

Bat Big and Win

83

Win percentage of the team batting first after scoring 180-plus in the final of a T20 tournament (19 out of 23 matches)

Wickets Galore

8

Number of 4+ wicket hauls taken by bowlers in this CLT20 - the most in any edition

Slowing Down

2

Number of boundaries KKR scored between the 11th and 15th overs - they scored 11 in the first 10

Big Match Player

2

Number of 50+ scores for Gambhir in T20 finals - only Brad Hodge, Hamilton Masakadza and Michael Hussey have more (3 each)

Halfway Without Loss

6

Number of times KKR have not lost a wicket in the first 10 overs while batting first - first time in the CLT20

Top of the Table

36

Robin Uthappa's score after nine overs, which has taken him past Jonathan Carter as the leading run-getter in the main edition of the tournament

Starting Big

54

KKR's score in the Powerplay. Their highest against CSK when they have not lost a wicket

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR440160.716
CSK421100.945
PS4228-0.038
Lions4126-0.051
DOLPH4040-1.338
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
PBKS440162.13
HH431121.193
BR4134-0.256
COBRA4134-0.955
ND4134-2.667
Qualifying Group
TeamMWLPTNRR
ND330122.08
Lions3218-0.065
MI3124-0.064
Expre3030-2.033