Most Runs Conceded in Super Overs in International Cricket

In the modern age, we all thrive for edge of the seat action thrillers. Larger audience gets excited whenever there is a super over to play. It also implies the fact that both teams have fought neck to neck. Now they have one more over to outplay each other.4

Mostly, we associate super overs with T20 cricket. But surprisingly most runs conceded in a super over is in a most recent ODI game. The game has advanced so much that we get to see galore of runs even in the super overs. We will revisit some international matches which saw most runs conceded in a super over. 

West Indies and New Zealand are the two teams to feature twice in this list. Though Windies have one win and one loss in the mentioned matches, New Zealand came second twice. All other teams featured only once. And except the India vs New Zealand match, all other matches saw high scores in the first half of the super over. 

5. Kuwait- 19 runs vs Bahrain, 2022 (T20I)

In the month of August in 2022, Bahrain toured Oman and played a five-match T20I series against Kuwait. In the very first match, the world saw a super over clash between them. Batting first, Kuwait posted a score of 166 runs. While chasing the score, Bahrain were reduced to 96 for 5 at the end of the fourteenth over. 

From there, David Mathias and Haider Butt put on a splendid partnership. They scored 166, stretching the game to a super over clash. Then, it was all Haider Butt's show. He alone scored 18 runs off the six balls he faced. He hit boundaries thrice. One extra run came off the wide ball, making it 19 in total. 

It looked difficult for Kuwait to score 20 off 6 balls. They were up against Veerapathiran, Bahrain's most successful bowler that day. He successfully defended 20 runs as Kuwait fell short by 11 runs.