Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 7

After being put in to bat first, Kings XI Punjab made an impressive 199 after a superb knock from Wridhiman Saha. A breath taking hundred from the young Indian, scoring 115 of just 55 balls not out. The perfect script was ready for Punjab to bag their first IPL title.

But we were in for another fine innings from Kolkata's young Indian batsman Manish Pandey scoring 94 of 50 balls. It was a super exciting finals, and very very entertaining. But the strangest part is we saw the Indians shine in the finals to make it a one to remember. All the International stars for once had a supporting role to play.

Here is the score card below.

Kolkata Innings - 200/7 (19.3 overs)

Batting	Out Desc	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robin Uthappa (wk)	c A Patel b Johnson	5	3	1	0	166.7
Gautam Gambhir (c)	c D Miller b Karanveer Singh	23	17	3	0	135.3
Manish Pandey	c Bailey b Karanveer Singh	94	50	7	6	188.0
Yusuf Pathan	c Maxwell b Karanveer Singh	36	22	0	4	163.6
Shakib Al Hasan	run out (Bailey)	12	7	2	0	171.4
Ryan ten Doeschate	c D Miller b Karanveer Singh	4	3	1	0	133.3
Suryakumar Yadav	c Vohra b Johnson	5	6	0	0	83.3
Piyush Chawla	not out	13	5	1	1	260.0
Sunil Narine	not out	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras		6	(b - 0 w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 0)
Total		200	(19.3 Overs, 7 Wickets)
Did not bat:	Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Mitchell Johnson	4	0	41	2	10.2
Lakshmipathy Balaji	4	0	41	0	10.2
Parvinder Awana	3.3	0	43	0	12.3
Karanveer Singh	4	0	54	4	13.5
Akshar Patel	4	0	21	0	5.2

Punjab Innings - 199/4 (20 overs)

Batting	Out Desc	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Virender Sehwag	c Gambhir b Umesh	7	10	1	0	70.0
Manan Vohra	c & b Chawla	67	52	6	2	128.8
George Bailey (c)	b Narine	1	2	0	0	50.0
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)	not out	115	55	10	8	209.1
Glenn Maxwell	c M Morkel b Chawla	0	1	0	0	0.0
David Miller	not out	1	1	0	0	100.0
Extras		8	(b - 0 w - 3, nb - 1, lb - 4)
Total		199	(20 Overs, 4 Wickets)
Did not bat:	Akshar Patel, Mitchell Johnson, Parvinder Awana, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Karanveer Singh

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Morne Morkel	4	0	40	0	10.0
Umesh Yadav	4	0	39	1	9.8
Sunil Narine	4	0	46	1	11.5
Shakib Al Hasan	4	0	26	0	6.5
Piyush Chawla	4	0	44	2	11.0

With this we close the Indian Premier League 7 with a bang. And Congratulations to Kolkata for winning their second title equaling Chennai's record of two IPL wins. But with all this celebrations we got to feel for Punjab, the lads deserved a win in their first IPL final ever. And certainly well played to both the teams.

Guys lets wait next year again for another cracker of a tournament.