Kings XI made some changes to their order and started their innings slowly, with early dismissals for Virender Sehwag (seven runs from 10 balls) and George Bailey (one from two) spelling doom for their chances.
Kings XI Punjab (199/4) BATSMEN RUNS BALLS SR 4S 6S
Virender Sehwag c Gautam Gambhir b Umesh Yadav 7 10 70.00 1 0
Manan Vohra c & b Piyush Chawla 67 52 128.84 6 2
George Bailey b Sunil Narine 1 2 50.00 0 0
Wriddhiman Saha NOT OUT 115 55 209.09 10 8
Glenn Maxwell c Morne Morkel b Piyush Chawla 0 1 0.00 0 0
David Miller NOT OUT 1 1 100.00 0 0
EXTRAS (nb 1, w 3, lb 4) 8
TOTAL (4 wickets; 20 overs) 199 TOTAL (4 wickets; 20 overs) 199 TOTAL
BOWLER O R W ECON DOTS
Morne Morkel 4 40 0 10.00 8
Umesh Yadav 4 39 1 9.75 9
Sunil Narine 4 46 1 11.50 9
Shakib Al Hasan 4 26 0 6.50 7
Piyush Chawla 4 44 2 11.00 7
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The duo of Glenn Maxwell and David Miller were pushed down the order, and the results in the early proceedings weren't pretty. Morne Morkel (four overs, 40 runs) and Sunil Narine (four overs, 46 runs, one wicket) appeared to be in full control during the first few overs, and the powerplay didn't go well for Punjab.
Kolkata Knight Riders (200/7) BATSMEN RUNS BALLS SR 4S 6S
Robin Uthappa c Akshar Patel b Mitchell Johnson 5 3 166.66 1 0
Gautam Gambhir c David Miller b Karanveer Singh 23 17 135.29 3 0
Manish Pandey c George Bailey b Karanveer Singh 94 50 188.00 7 6
Yusuf Pathan c Glenn Maxwell b Karanveer Singh 36 22 163.63 0 4
Shakib Al Hasan run out (George Bailey) 12 7 171.42 2 0
Ryan ten Doeschate c David Miller b Karanveer Singh 4 3 133.33 1 0
Suryakumar Yadav c Manan Vohra b Mitchell Johnson 5 6 83.33 0 0
Piyush Chawla NOT OUT 13 5 260.00 1 1
Sunil Narine NOT OUT 2 4 50.00 0 0
EXTRAS (w 6) 6
TOTAL (7 wickets; 19.3 overs) 200 TOTAL (7 wickets; 19.3 overs) 200 TOTAL
BOWLER O R W ECON DOTS
Mitchell Johnson 4 41 2 10.25 8
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 41 0 10.25 6
Parvinder Awana 3.3 43 0 12.28 3
Karanveer Singh 4 54 4 13.50 9
Akshar Patel 4 21 0 5.25 10
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Punjab's bowling wasn't seen as their strongest feature coming into this final, but inspired by the young Akshar Patel (four overs, 21 runs), Kings XI started to get a grip on the match in the middle overs. Facing Pandey and Yusuf Pathan, it looked like the chase would be decided at this stage.
The smaller pitch at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium favours batsmen, however, giving Kolkata a chance to complete a 200-run chase. Pathan's power shone bright, but he was caught by Maxwell, scoring 36 from 22. With 30 balls still to be bowled, Kings XI's Twitter account summed up the situation:
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