IPL 2018: Man of the Match performances across a decade of IPL finals

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#4 Manish Pandey (2014)

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Manish Pandey was the first Indian in the history of the IPL to score a century
Manish Pandey was the first Indian in the history of the IPL to score a century

It was refreshing to see two teams, none of them wearing yellow, contesting for the IPL title in 2014's final played at the buzzing M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. One-time champion KKR took on Kings XI Punjab in what turned out to be a high scoring encounter.

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Put in to bat by Gambhir, Punjab were in a spot of bother at 30-2 after 5.1 overs after which Wriddhiman Saha, sent ahead of Glenn Maxwell and David Miller, became the first player to hit a century in an IPL final. He remained unbeaten on 115, which he got off just 55 balls.

Set a daunting 200 to win, KKR needed a reply to Saha’s brilliance and Manish Pandey rose to the occasion. Hitting 7 fours and 6 sixes, local boy Pandey fell short by 6 runs of what would have been the second century of the match.

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With just 21 runs left after his dismissal, Piyush Chawla’s batting exploits ensured that his teammate’s 94 bettered the effort of their opposition’s wicketkeeper.

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