Thrilling finishes; Super Over's in IPL history

Thrilling finishes; Super Over’s in IPL history: The excitement when a game of Cricket gets tied is undefined. Especially in T20s which is followed by a Super Over to decide the winner. Here, we look at the 6 super over games that have happened in the Indian Premier League so far. 1 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2009: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2009.(Photo Source:AFP) Kolkata Knight Riders asked Rajasthan Royals to bat first and they finished with 150 in the 20 overs. In reply, KKR also scored 150 leading the game to the first ever Super Over in Indian Premier League history. The Knight Riders were supposed to bat first started with McCullum and Gayle facing Kamran Khan. First two balls went for singles which also included a wide. Later, Gayle smashed hat-trick fours before getting out on last ball. With 16 runs required, RR sent Yusuf Pathan to face Ajanta Mendis. He started off brilliantly by hitting a six. On the next ball, he was dropped and 2 runs were extracted. Yusuf Pathan capitalized the chance and hit a six and four to win the game for his side. 2 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 2010: The only Super Over of 2010 season came when Kings XI Punjab faced Chennai Super Kings. (Photo Source:Indian Premier League) The only Super Over of 2010 season came when Kings XI Punjab faced Chennai Super Kings. KXIP, who batted first, scored 136 and in reply CSK trembled before KXIP’s bowling in the end overs and ended up with exactly 136 runs. Chennai batting first in Super Over, lost wicket on second ball as Theron cleaned up Hayden. CSK’s stand in captain Raina scored 2 on third ball and smashed a six on fourth before getting bowled on fifth delivery as the home team got all out in Super Over for 9. Jayawardene faced Murali with 10 needed in the over and he started off with a Six. But Mahela got on next delivery. Third delivery was played for a dot by Yuvraj Singh, he followed it up with a six on fourth ball wrapping up the game. 3 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2013: After a break of three seasons, an IPL game ended in tie. (Photo Source:BCCI) After a break of three seasons, an IPL game ended in tie. Sunrisers Hyderabad faced Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first of the two Super over matches that happened in the 6th season. RCB, who batted first, could score just 130. In reply, SRH also managed to end on 130 leading to the Super Over. In the SO, SRH opened with Perera and White who were facing Vinay Kumar. Vinay began with a high full toss but it yielded just a single. The following 2 balls were managed for singles by the SRH batsmen before White struck a Six on third legitimate delivery. The next ball was hit for couple and White followed it with a six before finishing with another 2 as SRH scored 20 runs in the over. Kohli and Gayle opened for RCB against SRH’s Steyn. Gayle began with a two and a single before Kohli smashed a four on the third delivery. The 4th ball went for just a single, Gayle struck six on the penultimate delivery but failed to repeat it on the final ball as they fell 5 runs short of SRH’s super over winning total. 4 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils, 2013: Royal Challengers Bangalore, chasing Delhi Daredevils’ 152 dramatically finished on same score. (Photo Source:BCCI) Royal Challengers Bangalore, chasing Delhi Daredevils’ 152 dramatically finished on same score. Gayle and AB de Villiers opened for RCB facing DD’s Umesh Yadav. The first four deliveries went for just three runs but de Villiers struck two sixes on last two deliveries to get them to 15. Chasing 16 in the Super over, Warner got out on the first ball to Rampaul. But Irfan Pathan with a six and four in next three balls kept hopes alive for DD. Pathan picked up single on penultimate ball but Ben Roher failed to connect on last ball as he got bowled and they ended 4 runs short of the target. 5 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2014: Rajasthan Royals were declared winners on basing on boundary count.(Photo Source:BCCI) Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders faced off yet again in a tied fixture, this time in the 2014 season after both teams ended with score’s of 152 in their quota of 20 over’s. Faulkner bowled the over for RR with Surya Kumar Yadav and Shakib al Hasan on strike for KKR. Yadav got run on the first ball trying for a second run. The next two balls cost singles before Manish Pandey struck a six on the fourth ball. The final two deliveries also went for singles with Shakib getting run-out on last ball as they ended with 11 runs. Smith and Watson came out for RR with Narine bowling the super over. Watson started with picking up a couple and single on following deliveries. Watson managed to hit a four on the fourth ball before he picked up another single. Smith with a drive through covers managed to add couple more on the last ball as the Super over also ended in tie. However, Rajasthan Royals were declared winners on the basis of the boundary count (the team with more number of boundaries is declared a winner in case a super over also ends with equal scores for both sides.) 6 – Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 2015: Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals faced off in a high scoring thriller which ended with the team scores been tied. (Photo Source:BCCI) Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals faced off in a high scoring thriller which ended with the team scores been tied. Rajasthan, who batted first, scored 191 in 20 overs. KXIP too ended after a struggle at 191 leading the game into super over. KXIP, who batted first, sent Miller and Marsh with Chris Morris bowling the over. Miller got out on the first delivery and Maxwell, who came at 1 down, almost got out with an areal shot on the second delivery. Marsh then smashed hat-trick fours which included one off a beamer. But the last two balls went for just a run as Marsh got run-out on the last delivery and KXIP posted 15 runs. RR started with Watson and Faulkner with Mitchell Johnson bowling the over. It began with Watson getting cleaned up by Johnson but Smith who came after the wicket struck a four on his first ball which was a no-ball for height. He took a single on 2nd legal delivery but Faulkner missed the next ball on swing and Saha behind the stumps cleverly managed to hit the wickets and KXIP won the super over by 9 runs.

Thrilling finishes; Super Over&#039;s in IPL history

Thrilling finishes; Super Over's in IPL history