Sehwag ton helps Kings XI to first final

May 30, 2014

Kings XI were inserted by Chennai Super Kings and Virender Sehwag made early inroads, picking out boundaries right from the off•BCCI

Ishwar Pandey finally made the breakthrough in the 11th over after Vohra top-edged to Raina at midwicket•BCCI

Sehwag eventually collected his century off 50 deliveries and ended with 122 as Kings XI eyed a big total•BCCI

Super Kings lost Faf du Plessis early in the chase, but Suresh Raina produced one of the greatest ever innings in Twenty20 cricket, slamming 87 off 25 balls as Super Kings raced to 100 in six overs•BCCI

Parvinder Awana got rid of both Ravindra Jadeja and David Hussey in the 12th over, while Akshar Patel accounted for R Ashwin, as Kings XI closed in on their first IPL final•BCCI

Manan Vohra held up at his end with a handy 31-ball 34, as the openers added 110 in 64 balls•BCCI

But Sehwag did not slow down, showing signs of his old self by thumping 12 fours and eight sixes•BCCI

David Miller provided a late surge- 38 off 19 balls•BCCI

Raina's run-out in the first ball after the Powerplay, off a direct hit from George Bailey, completely swung the momentum, as the runs dried up for Super Kings•BCCI

MS Dhoni was unbeaten on 42, but he was left with too much to do in the end, as Kings XI completed a 24-run win •BCCI

R Ashwin had openly challenged Glenn Maxwell before the game, and he dismissed the batsman for 13. Maxwell was not too pleased with the send-off that followed•BCCI

Ashish Nehra struck twice in the penultimate over, but by then the damage had already been done, as Kings XI finished at a formidable 226•BCCI

Brendon McCullum also fell short of his crease in the 12th over as Kings XI wrested the advantage•BCCI