2014 Champions League Twenty20
The 2014 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) was the sixth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 13 September to 4 October 2014.
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| Dates | 13 September 2014 – 4 October 2014 |
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| Administrator(s) |  BCCI CA CSA |
| 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 (group stage) 12 (total) |
| Matches | 33 |
| Player of the series | Suresh Raina (234 runs) |
| Most runs | Suresh Raina (234 runs) |
| Most wickets |  Sunil Narine (12 wickets) |
| Official website | clt20.com |
Mumbai Indians were the defending champions but failed to qualify. The final was played on 4 October 2014, the Chennai Super Kings won their 2nd CLT20 title after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final by 8 wickets chasing a total of 181. Suresh Raina scored unbeaten 109*off 62 balls and became the man of the match.
Format
| Result | Points |
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| Win | 4 points |
| No result | 2 points |
| Loss | 0 points |
Prize money
The total prize money of $6 million will be distributed among the Champions League T20 participating tWinners
- $1.3 million – Runners-up
- $500,000 – Losing semifinalists
- $200,000 – Team finishing 5th to 10th
Qualification
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | No. of teams |
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| 2014 Indian Premier League | India |
3 (top three teams) |
| 2013–14 Big Bash League season | Australia |
2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2013–14 Ram Slam T20 Challenge | South Africa |
2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2014 Caribbean Premier League |  West Indies |
1 (winners) |
| 2014 Qualifying stage | See below | 2 (top two teams) |
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | No. of teams |
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| 2013–14 HRV Cup |  New Zealand |
1 (winners) |
| 2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup |  Pakistan |
1 (winners) |
| 2014 Indian Premier League | India |
1 (fourth place) |
| 2014 Super 4's T20 |  Sri Lanka |
1 (winners) |
Teams
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Appearance |
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| Perth Scorchers[1] | 2013–14 Big Bash League |
Winners | 3rd |
| Hobart Hurricanes[1] | 2013–14 Big Bash League |
Runners-up | 1st |
| Dolphins | 2013–14 Ram Slam T20 Challenge |
Winners | 1st |
| Cape Cobras | 2013–14 Ram Slam T20 Challenge |
Runners-up | 3rd |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2014 Indian Premier League |
Winners | 3rd |
| Kings XI Punjab | 2014 Indian Premier League |
Runners-up | 1st |
| Chennai Super Kings | 2014 Indian Premier League |
Third place | 5th |
| Barbados Tridents | 2014 Caribbean Premier League |
Winners | 1st |
| Northern Knights | 2014 CLT20 Qualifying stage |
Winners | 1st |
| Lahore Lions | 2014 CLT20 Qualifying stage |
Runners-up | 1st |
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Appearance |
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| Mumbai Indians | 2014 Indian Premier League |
Fourth place | 5th |
| Northern Knights | 2013–14 HRV Cup |
Winners | 1st |
| Lahore Lions[3] | 2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup |
Winners | 1st |
| Southern Express | 2014 Super 4's T20 |
Winners | 1st |
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 |
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| 1 | Northern Knights (1)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.080 |
| 2 | Lahore Lions (2)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −0.065 |
| 3 | Mumbai Indians
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.064 |
| 4 | Southern Express
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.033 |
Source: [citation needed]
Fixtures
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- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field
- Rain reduced the match to 10 overs per side
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- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field
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- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
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- Southern Express won the toss and elected to field
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Kolkata Knight Riders
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.716 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.945 |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.038 |
| 4 | Lahore Lions
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −0.051 |
| 5 | Dolphins
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.338 |
Source: [citation needed]
Advanced to semifinals
Fixtures
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field
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- Dolphins won the toss and chose to bat
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field
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- Dolphins won the toss and chose to field
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- Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat
- As a result of this match, Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the semifinals
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- Match abandoned without a toss due to rain
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- Lahore Lions won the toss and chose to bat
- As a result of this match, Dolphins were eliminated
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- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- As a result of this match, Perth Scorchers were eliminated
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and choose to bat
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- 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 |
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| 1 | Kings XI Punjab
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.130 |
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.193 |
| 3 | Barbados Tridents
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.230 |
| 4 | Cape Cobras
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.955 |
| 5 | Northern Knights
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −2.697 |
Source: [citation needed]
Advanced to semifinals
Fixtures
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- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field
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- 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
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- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to bat
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- Northern Knights won the toss and chose to field
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to field
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- Northern Knights won the toss and chose to field
- As a result of this match, Kings XI Punjab qualified for the semifinals
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- 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
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- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
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- 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) | |||||||
| SF1 | Kolkata Knight Riders
| 180/6 (20 ov) | |||||||
| SF2 | Chennai Super Kings
| 185/2 (18.3 ov) | |||||||
| B1 | Kings XI Punjab
| 117 (18.2 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | Chennai Super Kings
| 182/7 (20 ov) | |||||||
Fixtures
Semifinals
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- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
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- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
The Final
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
Statistics
Most runs
The following are the top five highest run scorers in the main tournament.
| Nat | Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Suresh Raina | Chennai Super Kings | 234 | 5 | 58.50 | 173.33 | 109* | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 |
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Robin Uthappa | Kolkata Knight Riders | 210 | 5 | 52.50 | 131.25 | 85* | 0 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
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Jonathan Carter | Barbados Tridents | 203 | 4 | 67.66 | 136.24 | 111* | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
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Aiden Blizzard | Hobart Hurricanes | 188 | 5 | 47.00 | 140.29 | 78* | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
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Shoaib Malik | Hobart Hurricanes | 172 | 5 | 86.00 | 138.70 | 66* | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
Source: Golden Bat[4]
- Last Update: 4th Oct 2014.
The leading run-scorer of the main tournament awarded the Golden Bat award.
- Robin Uthappa, the second highest runscorer of the tournament, also scored the highest in that year's IPL
Most wickets
The following are the five leading wicket-takers of the main tournament.
| Nat | Player | Team | Wkts | Inns | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI | 4WI | 5WI |
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Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 5 | 15.30 | 8.83 | 5.30 | 4/31 | 1 | 0 |
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Ashish Nehra | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 5 | 15.30 | 11.40 | 8.05 | 4/21 | 1 | 0 |
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Doug Bollinger | Hobart Hurricanes | 9 | 5 | 16.00 | 11.88 | 8.07 | 3/22 | 0 | 0 |
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Parvinder Awana | Kings XI Punjab | 9 | 5 | 18.00 | 12.66 | 8.52 | 4/30 | 1 | 0 |
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Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 4 | 12.87 | 9.75 | 7.92 | 4/41 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Golden Wicket[5]
- Last Update: 4th Oct 2014
The leading wicket-taker of the tournament awarded the Golden Wicket award.
References
- ^ a b Malcolm, Alex (7 February 2014). "Marsh brothers give Scorchers title". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ Upcric. "Champion League T20 2014". Smart Cric. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Lahore lions to play Champions T20 in India
- ^ "Most Runs / Golden Bat". Champions League T20. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Most Wickets / Golden Wicket". Champions League T20. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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