Kaif key factor for UP

Yet the two teams are most unlike each other. While Bengal have a heavyweight batting line-up and a bowling attack with variety, UP have relied heavily on their superstar: Mohammed Kaif.

Kaif brings with him the Team India experience 8212; and crucially, His Master8217;s Voice. 8216;8216;There8217;s been a lot to learn over the last year or so8217;8217;, he said today.

8216;8216;And I make it a point to pass on that knowledge to the players in the domestic circuit. It8217;s a good experience to always pick up things that you come across at the highest level and then apply them on the youngsters as well as the experienced players in the domestic level,8217;8217; said Kaif.

MATCH FACTORS

8226; Bengal8217;s batting: 2,562 runs by the Top 6. That too without Sourav around.

8226; UP8217;s Kaif-Raina factor. 3 matches for Kaif, 3 wins. Both scored gritty 50s in the semis.

8226; Return of Piyush Chawla. The leggie has 30 wickets. With Piyush back again, it8217;s good support for Ashish Zaidi and Praveen Kumar.

8226; Rohan Gavaskar8217;s return means someone with 422 runs this season is back.

8226; The track: win the toss and bat first, that8217;s the mantra. Similar to the Eden Gardens wicket of the Bengal-Baroda semi-final. More than welcome for the Bengal batsmen.