2014 Champions League Twenty20

2014 Champions League Twenty20

Dates	13 September 2014 (2014-09-13) – 4 October 2014 (2014-10-04)
Administrator(s)	BCCI Cricket Australia Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Chennai Super Kings (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kolkata Knight Riders
Participants	10
Matches	23
Attendance	847,889 (36,865 per match)
Player of the series	Suresh Raina
Most runs	Suresh Raina (234 runs)
Most wickets	Sunil Narine (12 wickets)
Official website	clt20.com

The 2014 Champions League Twenty20 was the sixth and final edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 13 September to 4 October 2014. Mumbai Indians were the defending champions but failed to qualify. Chennai Super Kings won their second title after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final by 8 wickets.

Teams

Cricket Board	Team	How qualified
Australia	Perth Scorchers[1]	Winners, 2013–14 Big Bash League
Australia	Hobart Hurricanes[1]	Runners-up, 2013–14 Big Bash League
India	Kolkata Knight Riders	Winners, 2014 Indian Premier League
India	Kings XI Punjab	Runners-up, 2014 Indian Premier League
India	Chennai Super Kings	Third-ranked team, 2014 Indian Premier League
New Zealand	Northern Knights	Qualifying stage
Pakistan	Lahore Lions	Qualifying stage
South Africa	Cape Cobras	Runners-up, 2013–14 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
South Africa	Dolphins	Winners, 2013–14 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
West Indies	Barbados Tridents	Winners, 2014 Caribbean Premier League

Squads

Main article: 2014 Champions League Twenty20 squads

On 22 August 2014, the 12 participating teams announced their final 15-man squads for the tournament.

Qualifying stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Northern Knights (1)	3	3	0	0	12	2.080
2	Lahore Lions (2)	3	2	1	0	8	−0.065
3	Mumbai Indians	3	1	2	0	4	−0.064
4	Southern Express	3	0	3	0	0	−2.033

Source: ^[citation needed]

•  2  Advanced to Group A
•  1  Advanced to Group B

13 September	Southern Express 92/5 (10 overs)	v	Northern Knights 96/3 (9.3 overs)	Northern Knights won by 7 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 35,557 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NK)
	Danushka Gunathilaka 39 (26) Trent Boult 2/12 (2 overs)		Kane Williamson 52 (29) Farveez Maharoof 2/14 (2 overs)
Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the match to 10 overs per side

13 September	Mumbai Indians 135/7 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Lions 139/4 (18.4 overs)	Lahore Lions won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 45,611 Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Umar Akmal (LL)
	Aditya Tare 37 (36) Aizaz Cheema 2/22 (4 overs)		Umar Akmal 38* (18) Pragyan Ojha 2/18 (4 overs)
Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field

14 September	Northern Knights 170/6 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Lions 98 (18 overs)	Northern Knights won by 72 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 29,482 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Tim Southee (NK)
	Daniel Flynn 53 (30) Aizaz Cheema 3/35 (4 overs)		Saad Nasim 58 (40) Tim Southee 3/22 (4 overs)
Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field

14 September	Southern Express 161/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 165/1 (16.2 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 33,790 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Lendl Simmons (MI)
	Farveez Maharoof 41* (22) Jalaj Saxena 1/3 (1 over)		Lendl Simmons 76* (51) Sachith Pathirana 1/26 (1.2 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field

16 September	Lahore Lions 164/6 (20 overs)	v	Southern Express 109 (18 overs)	Lahore Lions won by 55 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 20,249 Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and CK Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (LL)
	Mohammad Hafeez 67 (40) Farveez Maharoof 3/28 (4 overs)		Jehan Mubarak 35 (26) Aizaz Cheema 3/15 (3 overs)
Southern Express won the toss and elected to field

16 September	Mumbai Indians 132/9 (20 overs)	v	Northern Knights 133/4 (17.2 overs)	Northern Knights won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 38,609 Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NK)
	Kieron Pollard 31 (24) Scott Styris 3/21 (4 overs)		Kane Williamson 53 (36) Jasprit Bumrah 2/26 (4 overs)
Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field As result of this match, Lahore Lions advanced to Group A and Northern Districts advanced to Group B

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kolkata Knight Riders	4	4	0	0	16	0.716
2	Chennai Super Kings	4	2	1	1	10	0.945
3	Perth Scorchers	4	2	2	0	8	−0.038
4	Lahore Lions	4	1	2	1	6	−0.051
5	Dolphins	4	0	4	0	0	−1.338

Source: ^[citation needed]

  Advanced to semifinals

17 September	Chennai Super Kings 158/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 159/7 (19 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 49,329 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (KKR)
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni 35* (20) Piyush Chawla 2/26 (4 overs)		Andre Russell 58 (25) Ashish Nehra 4/21 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field

20 September	Dolphins 164/7 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 165/4 (20 overs)	Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 26,798 Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (PS)
	Khaya Zondo 63* (50) Jason Behrendorff 3/46 (4 overs)		Sam Whiteman 45 (32) Kyle Abbott 1/25 (4 overs)
Dolphins won the toss and chose to bat

21 September	Lahore Lions 151/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 153/6 (19.3 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 44,174 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (KKR)
	Ahmed Shehzad 59 (42) Sunil Narine 3/9 (4 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 60 (47) Aizaz Cheema 2/42 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field

22 September	Chennai Super Kings 242/6 (20 overs)	v	Dolphins 188 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 54 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Attendance: 32,203 Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
	Suresh Raina 90 (43) Robbie Frylinck 2/52 (4 overs)		Cody Chetty 37 (28) Mohit Sharma 4/41 (4 overs)
Dolphins won the toss and chose to field

24 September	Perth Scorchers 151/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 153/7 (19.4 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 32,723 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (KKR)
	Adam Voges 71* (52) Sunil Narine 4/31 (4 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 43* (19) Yasir Arafat 3/39 (3.4 overs)
Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat As a result of this match, Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the semifinals

25 September	Chennai Super Kings	v	Lahore Lions	Match abandoned
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and CK Nandan (Ind)
Match abandoned without a toss due to rain

27 September	Lahore Lions 164/5 (20 overs)	v	Dolphins 148/9 (20 overs)	Lahore Lions won by 16 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Attendance: 32,999 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Umar Akmal (LL)
	Umar Akmal 73* (45) Robbie Frylinck 3/22 (4 overs)		Robbie Frylinck 63* (27) Mohammad Hafeez 2/18 (4 overs)
Lahore Lions won the toss and chose to bat As a result of this match, Dolphins were eliminated

27 September	Chennai Super Kings 155/6 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 142/7 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Attendance: 36,378 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (CSK)
	Ravindra Jadeja 44* (28) Joel Paris 1/13 (2 overs)		Nathan Coulter-Nile 30 (21) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/20 (4 overs)
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field As a result of this match, Perth Scorchers were eliminated

29 September	Kolkata Knight Riders 187/2 (20 overs)	v	Dolphins 151/8 (20 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 36 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 33,725 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (KKR)
	Robin Uthappa 85* (55) Robbie Frylinck 1/29 (4 overs)		Andile Phehlukwayo 37 (18) Sunil Narine 3/33 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and choose to bat

30 September	Lahore Lions 124/6 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 130/7 (19 overs)	Perth Scorchers won by 3 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Attendance: 5,836 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (PS)
	Saad Nasim 69* (55) Joel Paris 3/22 (4 overs)		Mitchell Marsh 63* (38) Mohammad Hafeez 2/8 (4 overs)
Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to field As a result of this match, Chennai Super Kings qualified for the semifinals and Lahore Lions were eliminated This was Cameron Bancroft's Debut T20 match

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kings XI Punjab	4	4	0	0	16	2.130
2	Hobart Hurricanes	4	3	1	0	12	1.193
3	Barbados Tridents	4	1	3	0	4	−0.230
4	Cape Cobras	4	1	3	0	4	−0.955
5	Northern Knights	4	1	3	0	4	−2.697

Source: ^[citation needed]

  Advanced to semifinals

18 September	Hobart Hurricanes 144/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 146/5 (17.4 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Attendance: 22,342 Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Thisara Perera (KXIP)
	Jonathan Wells 28 (18) Thisara Perera 2/17 (3 overs)		Glenn Maxwell 43 (25) Doug Bollinger 2/30 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field

19 September	Northern Knights 206/5 (20 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 44/2 (7.2 overs)	Northern Knights won by 33 runs (D/L)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 23,528 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NK)
	Kane Williamson 101* (49) Charl Langeveldt 2/27 (4 overs)		Hashim Amla 20 (14) Trent Boult 1/8 (2 overs)
Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to field Rain stopped play during the Knights innings. Their par score after 7.2 overs was 77 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method Kane Williamson scored the fastest hundred in Champions League Twenty20

20 September	Barbados Tridents 174/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 178/6 (19.4 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Attendance: 25,974 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and S Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: David Miller (KXIP)
	Raymon Reifer 60* (42) Parvinder Awana 3/46 (4 overs)		David Miller 46* (34) Jeevan Mendis 2/18 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field

21 September	Cape Cobras 184/6 (20 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes 186/4 (19 overs)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 34,738 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Aiden Blizzard (HH)
	Richard Levi 42 (30) Ben Laughlin 2/31 (4 overs)		Aiden Blizzard 78* (48) Sybrand Engelbrecht 3/20 (4 overs)
Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to bat

23 September	Hobart Hurricanes 178/3 (20 overs)	v	Northern Knights 92 (16.4 overs)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 86 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Attendance: 36,552 Umpires: CK Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (HH)
	Aiden Blizzard 62 (43) Tim Southee 1/29 (4 overs)		Scott Styris 37 (27) Ben Hilfenhaus 3/14 (4 overs)
Northern Knights won the toss and chose to field

26 September	Barbados Tridents 174/8 (20 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 174/5 (20 overs)	Match tied, Cape Cobras won by Super Over
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Attendance: 14,833 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Sybrand Engelbrecht (CC)
	Jonathan Carter 111* (68) Sybrand Engelbrecht 2/24 (4 overs)		Hashim Amla 59 (42) Jeevan Mendis 4/27 (4 overs)
Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to field

26 September	Kings XI Punjab 215/5 (20 overs)	v	Northern Knights 95 (15.2 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 120 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Attendance: 26,888 Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Manan Vohra (KXIP)
	Manan Vohra 65 (32) Scott Kuggeleijn 2/34 (4 overs)		Anton Devcich 28 (15) Karanveer Singh 4/15 (3.2 overs)
Northern Knights won the toss and chose to field As a result of this match, Kings XI Punjab qualified for the semifinals

28 September	Barbados Tridents 113 (19.4 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes 117/4 (18.2 overs)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Attendance: 13,300 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and S Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Xavier Doherty (HH)
	Jonathan Carter 42 (34) Xavier Doherty 4/27 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 39* (35) Akeal Hosein 2/25 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field As a result of this match, Hobart Hurricanes qualified for the semifinals and Barbados Tridents, Cape Cobras and Northern Knights were eliminated

28 September	Cape Cobras 135 (18.3 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 139/3 (18.1 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Attendance: 23,798 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Akshar Patel (KXIP)
	Richard Levi 42 (37) Akshar Patel 3/15 (4 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 42* (35) Robin Peterson 2/19 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field

30 September	Northern Knights 135/8 (19 overs)	v	Barbados Tridents 138/4 (18.4 overs)	Barbados Tridents won by 6 wickets (D/L method)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Attendance: 7,614 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and S Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: James Franklin (BT)
	Anton Devcich 47 (47) Ravi Rampaul 3/38 (4 overs)		James Franklin 33* (25) Ish Sodhi 3/18 (4 overs)
Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to field Rain stopped play during the Knights innings at 11.2 overs and reduced the game to 19 overs per side. Barbados target was 138 in 19 overs as per the D/L Method

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Kolkata Knight Riders	141/3 (19.1 ov)
	B2	Hobart Hurricanes	140/6 (20 ov)
						A1	Kolkata Knight Riders	180/6 (20 ov)
						A2	Chennai Super Kings	185/2 (18.3 ov)
	B1	Kings XI Punjab	117 (18.2 ov)
	A2	Chennai Super Kings	182/7 (20 ov)

Semifinals

2 October	Hobart Hurricanes 140/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 141/3 (19.1 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
16:00 (D/N) scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 41,264 Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (KKR)
	Shoaib Malik 66* (46) Narine, Pathan, Russell 1/24 (4 overs)		Jacques Kallis 54* (40) Xavier Doherty 1/28 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat

2 October	Chennai Super Kings 182/7 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 117 (18.2 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 65 runs
20:00 (D/N) scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 43,795 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
	Dwayne Bravo 67 (39) Parvinder Awana 4/30 (4 overs)		Akshar Patel 31 (18) Ashish Nehra 2/9 (3 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field

Final

4 October	Kolkata Knight Riders 180/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 185/2 (18.3 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
19:00 (D/N) scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Attendance: 35,800 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Pawan Negi (CSK)
	Gautam Gambhir 80 (52) Pawan Negi 5/22 (4 overs)		Suresh Raina 109* (62) Pat Cummins 1/32 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

Most runs

The following were the top five highest run scorers in the main tournament.

Player	Team	Runs
Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	234
Robin Uthappa	Kolkata Knight Riders	210
Jonathan Carter	Barbados Tridents	203
Aiden Blizzard	Hobart Hurricanes	188
Shoaib Malik	Hobart Hurricanes	172

• Source: Champions league T20[2]

Most wickets

The following were the five leading wicket-takers of the main tournament.

Player	Team	Wickets
Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	12
Ashish Nehra	Chennai Super Kings	10
Doug Bollinger	Hobart Hurricanes	9
Parvinder Awana	Kings XI Punjab	9
Mohit Sharma	Chennai Super Kings	8

• Source: Champions League T20[3]

References

1. Malcolm, Alex (7 February 2014). "Marsh brothers give Scorchers title". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
2. "Most Runs / Golden Bat". Champions League T20. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
3. "Most Wickets / Golden Wicket". Champions League T20. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

• CLT20 2014
• CLT20 2014 on Wisden India
• Champions League Twenty20 2014 on ESPN Cricinfo