In the league match of Maharaja Trophy T-20 tournament of Karnataka, not 1, not 2, but 3 super-overs had to be bowled. In the last super over also, the match was decided by a four on the last ball. This thrilling match was played on Friday, 23 August between Hubli Tigers and Bengaluru Blasters at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Hubli won it in the third over.
This has happened for the first time in the history of T20 cricket. Earlier, there had been 2-2 super overs in many matches. In January this year, in the third match of the T20 series between India and Afghanistan, India won after 2 super overs.
Hubli Tigers scored 164 runs
in the 17th match of the league stage of Maharaja Cup, played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Bengaluru Blasters won the toss and chose to bowl. From Hubli, Mohammad Taha scored 31, Captain Manish Pandey scored 33, Anishwar Gautam scored 30 and Manwant Kumar scored 27 runs, taking the score to 164.
Bangalore could not score 2 runs in the last 5 balls
Chasing the target of 165 runs, Bengaluru’s captain Mayank Agarwal scored 54 runs. Suraj Ahuja scored 26 and Naveen MG scored 19 runs to take the match to the last over. 6 runs were needed in the last over, Naveen from the team hit a four on the very first ball.
The team needed only 2 runs in the last 5 balls. Here Hubli’s LR Kumar got Naveen caught out. Kumar made the next 2 balls dot. One run was scored on the fifth ball, one run was needed on the last ball. Kumar bowled the ball, the Hubli batsmen ran to take the run by hitting the ball in the hand of the nearby fielder, but could not complete the run. In this way both the teams could score only 164-164 runs and the match was tied.
10 runs scored in the first super over
Bengaluru Blasters came to bat first, Mayank Agarwal and Anirudh Joshi came to bat from the team. LR Kumar from Hubli bowled the over, he sent Mayank to the pavilion on the very first ball. Then he gave only 4 runs in 5 balls, but Anirudh hit a six on the last ball and took the score to 10 runs.
Manav Kumar and Manish Pandey came to bat from Hubli. Luvish Kaushal bowled the over from Bangalore. Only 3 runs were scored from 3 balls, but Pandey hit a six on the fourth ball. 2 runs were needed from 2 balls, but Hubli batsmen could score only one run. The first super over was tied at a score of 10-10 runs and both the teams had to play the second super over.