Bangalore, June 2 – Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Kings XI Punjab by three wickets with three balls to spare at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, India.
Piyush Chawla is running all around the Chinnaswamy like he was a certain Usain Bolt! He has his bat in the air, raises his arms in triumph.
Shah Rukh Khan or SRK as he is popularly known, has the same pose too, but in a standing position.
Can someone catch Chawla? No they can’t. So they wrestle him down to the ground. Everyone is falling on him. What a moment this is!
Low full toss outside off and it’s carved away over point. Sweeper was nowhere to be seen and the ball slowly trickles away to the fence.
As soon as the ball crossed the ropes, Chawla set off, running a victory lap. The Kolkata team tried to stop him, but looking at his run no-one could. What a chase and what a final to finish off the tournament.
Kolkata richly deserved champions and for the 2nd time. Punjab is a devastated team, if that is right way to describe them. Lots of fireworks as Chinnaswamy Stadium see all kinds of celebrations.
Preity Zinta (the Bollywood star who is the owner of Punjab team) isn’t in tears, she manages to compose herself, though she looks very disappointed.
Kolkata are 2014 Indian Premier League champions!!
-India Today
