KKR has won its second title chasing Punjab for a 200 run score. Manish Pandey(96), became the hero of the match with Yusuf Pathan playing an exciting knock.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss in the IPL final and predictably - as most teams do at the Chinnaswamy Stadium - chose to chase. His Kings XI counterpart George Bailey was undecided about what he would have done, but both captains agreed the pitch was a belter and would remain so for the whole game. Knight Riders named an unchanged XI from the team that beat Kings XI in the first qualifier to secure a finals berth. Kings XI made one change, to their seam attack, replacing Sandeep Sharma with L Balaji, who was playing his first final despite being part of two winning squads. Sandeep had conceded 32 in three overs in the second qualifier against Chennai Super Kings. Batting second has been the preferred strategy at this venue - teams have decided to do so 35 times in 42 previous IPL games. The results have not vindicated that approach though: the team batting first has won 23 games in Bangalore, while the chasing side has won 17. Knight Riders and Kings XI have played each other three times already this season, with Gambhir's team enjoying a 2-1 advantage. Kings XI took the first match in Abu Dhabi, and Knight Riders won the next two in Cuttack and in Kolkata. In all three games, Knight Riders were able to keep Kings XI's powerful batting order in check. The pitch in Bangalore, however, is likely to be the most batting friendly surface these sides have faced each other on this season. Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Robin Uthappa (wk), 2 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 3 Manish Pandey, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Ryan ten Doeschate, 7 Suryakumar Yadav, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Umesh Yadav. Kings XI Punjab: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Manan Vohra, 3 Glenn Maxwell, 4 David Miller, 5 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 6 George Bailey, 7 Akshar Patel, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Karanveer Singh, 10 L Balaji, 11 Parvinder Awana
