Champions League T20 2014: Updated Semi-Final Scores and Remaining Schedule

Four teams are left standing as the 2014 Twenty20 Champions League semi-finals are upon us, and as expected, the Indian Premier League is well represented.

IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders will play Hobart Hurricanes during Thursday's first semi-final, before Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings battle it out in the second.

Indian teams have won the competition three times in its five-year run, and with three sides qualifying for the play-offs, it looks like their dominance is set to continue. Hurricanes won't just roll over and quit, however, as the Australians will also have their eyes on Saturday's final.

All statistics courtesy of ESPNCricinfo, unless otherwise noted.

Remaining Schedule

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Final

Saturday, October 4

Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders

8 p.m. IST/3:30 p.m. BST

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Oct. 2: Chennai Super Kings Thrash Kings XI Punjab, Qualify for Final

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Chennai Super Kings (182/7) bt. Kings XI Punjab (117 all out) by 65 runs.

Chennai Super Kings became the second team to qualify for Saturday's Champions League T20 final, easily beating Kings XI Punjab by 65 runs.

With two of the best batting teams in the T20 game, fans were anticipating a high-scoring match. Kings XI won the toss and elected to field, limiting the duo of Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum to just 20 runs combined.

Super Kings soon responded, however. Faf du Plessis managed to score 46 from 33 and Dwayne Bravo added an impressive 67 from 39, as Punjab's bowlers couldn't get things together in the middle overs.

Ravindra Jadeja added 27 more runs from 13 deliveries, as Chennai set a strong victory target of 183.

Parvinder Awana's four wickets in four overs gave Kings XI some hope, but Anureet Singh and Thisara Perera both had subpar outings, finishing with double-digit economy rates.

Punjab's vaunted group of batsmen have the ability to chase down even the biggest targets, but on Thursday, the IPL finalists simply took too many risks too early. Virender Sehwag and Glen Maxwell failed to score a single run, and Wriddhiman Saha managed just six from seven balls.

David Miller (22 from 14) and Akshar Patel (31 from 18) tried to turn the tide, but on a slower wicket and facing a daunting target, it became clear in the middle overs Chennai were on their way to the final.

Ashish Nehra surrendered just nine runs in three overs while taking two wickets, headlining a group of Chennai bowlers who were consistently excellent.

Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, George Bailey credited his opponents while lamenting the mistakes his team made:

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It didn't quite come on, but we saw plenty of batsmen who managed to adjust and there were definitely runs to be hard. We gave Bravo three hits, and quality batter like that, you've got to take those chances. But credit to CSK.

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Chennai will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the final, and they'll receive a massive boost from the news Sunil Narine will be banned from bowling for the IPL champions, according to ESPNCricinfo.

The West Indies' spinner is arguably the top bowler in T20 history and is the very heart of Kolkata's talented core, who dominated Hobart Hurricanes in the other semi-final.

Kolkata comfortably beat Chennai in their first meeting in Group A, but with Narine not allowed to bowl, Saturday's final just became a lot more interesting.

Oct. 2: Kolkata Knight Riders Win 14th Straight to Qualify for Final

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Kolkata Knight Riders (141/3) bt. Hobart Hurricanes (140/6) by 7 wickets.

IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders stretched their undefeated record to 14 matches by beating Hobart Hurricanes, as the Indian side were once again powered by their phenomenal spin bowling.

Hobart elected to bat first and failed to establish a strong rhythm, relying too much on strong bursts from Ben Dunk (39 runs from 29 balls) and Shoaib Malik (66 from 46 not out) to put runs on the board.

One can hardly blame the Australians, however. Kolkata's bowling attack is nearly unstoppable when everything is clicking, and on Thursday, fans got to witness yet another example.

Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan and Andre Russell finished the innings with the exact same output (four overs, 24 runs conceded, one wicket), limiting the target to a manageable 140.

Playing with the luxury of batting at their own pace, Knight Riders' batsmen took little risk early in their innings. Gautam Gambir scored just four runs from 11 deliveries, but the partnership of Jacques Kallis (54 from 40 not out) and Manish Pandey (40 from 32) easily got the job done.

Kallis ended the match with a six on the first delivery of the final over, ensuring the T20 Champions League will be won by an Indian team for the second consecutive year.

Speaking to ESPN Cricinfo, Gambhir said knockout matches are always tricky, but that his team is hungry to win Saturday's final:

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It was pretty professional. We planned the chase really well on a slow wicket. The experience of Jacques was very useful. And the young players batted around him. Russell was unbelieveable on this wicket, bowling first up and at the death. Sunil and Chawla are always good. We've been playing some good cricket but in knockout games it depends on the day. We've not had any complacency, the guys are very hungry and one game to go.

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Kolkata were far from perfect on Thursday, but their phenomenal bowling always gives them a chance to win. Winning the toss and forcing them to bat first seems like a must for any team they'll face on Saturday, as Narine and company have carried their IPL form with them into the Champions League.