IPL 2014 Final : Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

After 45 days of IPL 2014 we finally know the two teams that will face each other in the Finals of the IPL season 2014.

Kings XI Punjab, the most entertaining and consistent team in the Tournament, Kolkata Knight    Riders have won 8 matches in a row to reach the Finals and that includes twin victories over the Kings XI team itself. Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab will face each other in this year's IPL 2014 Final,which will be played in Bangalore on Sunday.
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: Sunday, June 1
Time: 3:30 p.m. BST/8 p.m. local time

Kings XI Punjab

Owner: KPH Dream Cricket Private Limited
Captain: George Bailey
Coach: Sanjay Bangar
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium
IPL Best: 2008 Semi-finalist

X Factor: Punjab’s fearless approach to the game and never give up attitude has brought them this far in the tournament,and after Virender Sehwag’s century in the previous game their already daunting batting line up now looks almost invincible.

 Players: George Bailey (Captain), David Miller, Mitchell Johnson, Manan Vohra, Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell, Rishi Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk),Cheteshwar Pujara,Shaun Marsh, Beuran Hendricks,Thisara Perera, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Murali Kartik,Mandeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Akshar Patel, Parvinder Awana, Shardul Thakur, Anureet Singh, Shivam Sharma, Karanveer Singh.
 

Kolkata Knight Riders
 
Owner: Knight Riders Sports Private Ltd
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Venue: Eden Gardens
IPL Best: 2012 Winner

X Factor: Kolkata Knight Riders have unarguably the best bowling line up any T20 team will ask for. Sunil Narine, Shakib Al Hasan and Morne Morkel are the front line bowlers ably supported by Piyush Chawla and Umesh Yadav.

Players: Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Jacques Kallis,Shakib Al Hasan, Robin Uthappa, Manvinder Bisla (wk), Manish Pandey,Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Debabrata Das, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Sayan Mondal, R Vinay Kumar, Andre Russell, Veer Pratap Singh.

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