Kings XI Punjab vs Northern Knights 13th Match 2014 - Champions League T20 2014

Kings XI Punjab vs Northern Knights 13th Match Champions League T20 2014

215/5
20 Overs
Manan Vohra
65(32)
Virender Sehwa..
52(37)
Scott Kuggelei..
34/2
Ish Sodhi
37/2
95
15.2 Overs
Anton Devcich
28(15)
Kane Williamso..
20(15)
Karanveer Sing..
15/4
Axar Patel
16/2

Scorecard - Kings XI Punjab won by 120 runs

Kings XI Punjab Enter the Semis Beating the Knights by 120 Runs - Kings XI Punjab and Northern Knights came face to face with each other today at the 10th Oppo Champions League T20 Group B match at Mohali. The 13th match of the tournament was held at the Punjab Cricket Association. Kings XI Punjab has already shown their strong batting lineup and deadly attack at the IPL this season. The toss was won by Daniel Flynn, captain of Northern Knights who elected to field first. The team of Kings XI Punjab was same as the previous match. Northern replaced Jono Boult with Daniel Harris and it was the only change in the team line-up.

After a couple of back to back wins, the Kings XI Punjab started their innings with amazing confidence. With a batting line-up comprising of run scoring machines like Sehwag, Miller, Maxwell , Saha and Vohra it was a piece of cake for the Kings Xi to put 215 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. The opening partnership of Sehwag and Vohra scored 102. Vohra got out in the 8th over after scoring 65 runs which was the highest. Sehwag played an impactful knock and scored 52 crucial runs while Miller added 40 valuable runs to the total.

The Northern Knights needed to score 216 runs to win in 20 overs. All their hopes to have a good start were crushed as the first wicket of the Northern innings fell in 1.3 overs when Daniel Harris was caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha. This was followed by a caught behind off the delivery of Thisara Perera and Kane Williamson also got out at the end of 5.6 overs. The third wicket was taken by Akshar Patel at 6.4 overs when Anton Devcich tried to hit a boundary but the ball landed in the hands of Karanveer Singh.

The Northern Knights struggled to combat with the bowling attack and perform under pressure. Finally, they were all out for 95 runs in 15.1 overs and the 120 runs win by Kings XI Punjab took them to top of Group B. Karanveer Singh was the highest wicket taker with 4 wickets in his kitty.

The win has ensured that Kings XI Punjab enter the Semi Finals with amazing form and confidence. Manan Vohra played a smashing innings with 3 sixes and he got the award for the maximum number of sixes. The Oppo Man of the Match award was also given to Manan Vohra for his amazing performance today.

Series Name

Champions League T20 2014 Schedule

Date

26/09/2014

Start Time

20:00 (Local Time)

Match Day

Friday

Stadium

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Playing Teams

Punjab Kings, Northern Knights

Punjab Kings Team Squad

Virender Sehwag,	Glenn Maxwell,	David Miller,
Wriddhiman Saha,	Manan Vohra,	Parvinder Awana,
Axar Patel,	Thisara Perera,	George Bailey,
Karanveer Singh,	Anureet Singh,

Northern Knights Team Squad

Kane Williamson,	BJ Watling,	Tim Southee,
Trent Boult,	Scott Styris,	Ish Sodhi,
Anton Devcich,	Daniel Harris,	Daniel Flynn,
Daryl Mitchell,	Scott Kuggeleijn,

Kings XI Punjab vs Northern Knights 13th Match Champions League T20 2014

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