30/05Result
Qualifier 2 (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Mumbai, May 30 2014
Kings XI won by 24 runs
Player of the Match
Virender SehwagPunjab Kings
30/05Result
Qualifier 2 (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Mumbai, May 30 2014
Kings XI won by 24 runs
Player of the Match
Virender SehwagPunjab Kings

Match Day

Report
2650dThe Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Kings XI survive Raina scare to win runfest

A century from Virender Sehwag laid the platform for Kings XI Punjab to enter their first IPL final, after they survived a scare sparked by Suresh Raina's 25-ball 87

3118dMihir Gosalia

Vintage Viru

Sehwag showed us just how destructive he can be

2650dESPNcricinfo staff

Dhoni criticises 'irresponsible' seniors

MS Dhoni expressed disappointment at failing to make the IPL final after a brilliant platform set by Suresh Raina was wasted by the Chennai Super Kings middle order

2650dESPNcricinfo staff

Raina thumps Awana for 33 in an over

Suresh Raina's 33-run assault off Parvinder Awana in the sixth over of Chennai Super Kings' 227-run chase against Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai

3118dNitin Sundar

Seehwag ball, hit ball

Tweet report from the IPL play-off between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings

2650dDevashish Fuloria at the Wankhede Stadium

Vintage Sehwag revives old memories

A small component in Kings XI's new designs, Virender Sehwag turned the clock back and surprised one and all by playing a big hand to take the team into its first IPL final

Debutants

1

Kings XI will make their first final in seven seasons of IPL

Late bloomer

0

No. of runs Mohit Sharma has scored in 39 IPL matches - the most games played a batsman without scoring a run in all T20 cricket.

Flying off the boil

113

The most runs scored by the last four wickets to win a match while chasing in all T20 cricket. Super Kings needed 87

Top of the tree

87

No. of runs that Raina scored in the Powerplay - the most for any batsmen in all T20 cricket.

Non-stop Big shots

96%

Percentage of runs Raina scored in boundaries - the second highest for a 85-100 score in all T20 cricket.

Raina's doing

1

The only time that 100 runs have been scored in the Powerplay in all T20 cricket.

Mr Super King

331

Raina's strike rate when he went past fifty - the highest in all IPL for an innings of 50+ runs (at the time).

Firepower at the top

9131

No. of runs scored by Smith and Raina in all T20 cricket - both are among the top 10 run-getters in T20 cricket.

Plenty of practice

65%

Super Kings' win percentage while chasing - the best for any IPL team (min. 15 matches)

Can CSK make history?

222

The highest score that has been chased down in all T20 cricket (<b>Cape Cobras</b> v Titans) - Kings XI scored 226 today.

New low

48

No of runs conceded by Ravindra Jadeja in his four overs. His most expensive outing in IPL history

Costly

22

No of wickets for Mohit Sharma - the season's highest. However, his economy (8.41) is the second worst among the top 15 wicket takers.

Sehwag's day

6

No. of times Sehwag has batted between the 15th and 20th overs in 95 IPL innings.

Elite club

2

No of Indian batsmen who have now scored two IPL hundreds - Sehwag. and M Vijay

See-sawing strike rates

150

Kings XI's strike rate in the middle overs during the first 10 games - best for any team. In the last 5 games it has been 106 - the worst.