In a thrilling match on Friday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the Karnataka Maharaja Trophy 2024 witnessed a historic three super overs between the Hubli Tigers and the Bengaluru Blasters.
After a tied regular match, the two teams went into super over. However, despite two super-overs, the match stayed undecided. The third super over finally saw the Hubli Tigers emerge as winners, thanks to a last-ball four from Manvanth Kumar.
After the teams were deadlocked at the end of the usual 40 overs, they moved to the super overs to determine the winner. In a rare event, it took three super overs before the Hubli Tigers finally emerged winner.
How did it lead to the super-over?
In the second inning, the Blasters equalled the Tigers’ total of 164, with Kranthi Kumar being run out on the final delivery, leading to the need for a super over. The first two super overs also couldn’t decide the winner. The Blasters batted first in the first super over, posting 10/1, which the Tigers matched. In the second super over, Hubli batted first and scored 8/0, and the Blasters equalled that with the score of 8/1.
In the decisive third superover, the Blasters managed 12/1. However, Hubli finally broke the tie, with Manvanth Kumar hitting a boundary off the last ball to secure the win, needing four runs off the final delivery.
Hubli Tigers Playing XI:
Thippa Reddy, Mohammed Taha, Krishnan Shrijith (wk), Manish Pandey (c), Manvanth Kumar L, LR Kumar, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karthikeya KP, KC Cariappa, Vidhwath Kaverappa and Shreesha Achar
Bengaluru Blasters Playing XI:
Mayank Agarwal (c), Suraj Ahuja, Aniruddha Joshi, Niranjan Naik, Shivkumar Rakshith (wk), Kranthi Kumar, Shubhang Hegde, Naveen MG, Lavish Kaushal, Mohsin Khan and Santok Singh
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