“Super Over” Kings conquers Mumbai Indians on the 3rd attempt
Wouldn’t be exciting to re-live the double Super over with plenty of buzz, drama and of course, entertainment. Here we go on the quick recap of the Super over between KKIP and Mumbai Indians on the Sunday, 18th October, perhaps the craziest day in the history of IPL. With the game tied at 176/6 (Yes, it cannot be closer than this with nothing separating the 2 teams even in wickets lost), both the teams gathers for the super over game.
1st Super Over - Tied
It was competition of accurate yorker bowling between the ‘boom boom” Bumrah and the ‘Sultan of Swing’ Shami – Eventually, batsman from both the teams (Rahul & Pooran for Kings 11, Rohit and Quinton for MI) struggled to put bat to ball resulting in Punjab scoring only 5/2 , both the wicket falling to the brilliant Bumrah. MI was expected to chase this off pretty easily, but that was not to be. 2 runs were needed of the last ball where Quinton, in pursuit of the 2nd run towards victory, was brilliantly run out by KL Rahul, collecting the ball and diving to dislodge the bails, all happening in fraction of a second.
Is the game over? Has Mumbai won the match on the basis of more boundaries scored in the original game ( 24 boundaries as against 22 for Punjab)? Yet another repeat of the World Cup finals between England and New Zealand? Plenty of confusion, animated conversation in the dugout - Umpires, support staff & the players are getting together. Finally, the news is out. Clarification provided on the Changes in the IPL rule book effective 2020, It’s going to be yet another super over!! Don’t switch your television sets off, more fun on the cards.
Before we head into the deciding super over, Here is what the IPL Law’s says about the “TIED SUPER OVER”
- In the event of a super over being tied, the game has to be decided through subsequent super over (Until a result comes up)
- The players who took the field ( not the nominated players) during the previous Super over cannot participate in the next super over. In this game, Bumrah, Shami, Rahul, Pooran, Rohit, Quinton cannot participate again. ( There was some argument regarding Pollard nominated in the 1st Super over and still walking out to bat in the 2nd Super over, Umpires have clarified – Pollard did not bat in the preceding super over, hence he is available to participate in the next Super over)
- Rest of the rules applicable to the Super over remains the same.
Hardik Pandya & Kieren Pollard, the power hitting master of MI walks out to bat against Chris Jordan, the death over specialist from the KKIP. Jordan restricts MI to 11/1, noteworthy to mention the brilliance of Mayank on the boundary line – Saving a certain six through his acrobatic act and batsman could manage only 2 runs. These are the little moments which decides the outcome of a nail-biting match and KKIP has to chase 12 runs in pursuit of the much needed 2 points.
Here comes Gayle, the universal boss and the in-form Mayank Agarwal to face the speed of Left arm quickie Trent boult. Gayle makes a statement in the first ball by clearing the long off for a six, Game on! Gayle storm has arrived at the UAE! The target becomes smaller now and astonishing Agarwal does the finishing act with two boundaries, KKIP wins the Super over with 2 balls to spare. KKIP are back into the reckoning with 3 wins.
“Except RR and CSK, all the teams are part of Super overs in this IPL 2020 – They both are clashing today. Is there going to be another one?
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