The Indian Premier League witnessed its first super over, as Mohammed Shami equalized the score between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Ekana Stadium with a maximum from the struggling Kartik Tyagi on April 26. However, KKR had the final laugh as they chased down a minimum of 2 runs against Prince Yadav with Rinku Singh hit a boundary
The final over of the match had 17 runs to defend when KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane trusted Kartik, the boy who once defended just 4 runs for Rajasthan Royals against Punjab Kings in 2021—he had taken two wickets and conceded just a run on that day. But today, conceded 16 runs, with two no-balls, including a moment where he was on the edge of being taken down!
However, the umpires let him complete the over, clarifying that the second bouncer was not dangerous. Himmat Singh, the impact player from LSG, got dismissed in that over, but it was Shami who took the super over.
But unfortunately, LSG could post only two runs for KKR. Rahane decided to go with Sunil Narine, who earlier dismissed Nicholas Pooran. And then Rovman Powell took his day's second stunning catch to dismiss Aiden Markram, with a little assistance from today's hero Rinku Singh. For the stats, this has been the lowest Super Over score in the IPL. In 2020, the Punjab Kings held the record of having just 2 runs against the Delhi Capitals. In the same year, Sunrisers Hyderabad had the same against KKR.
It is Rinku Singh vs LSG
The Uttar Pradesh homeboy might go back and think, has he left anything to be done? Rinku Singh came when KKR was 4 down for just 31 runs. From there, he scored his IPL's best score: 83 runs not out.
He started slow and picked up the pace gradually before unleashing against Digvesh Rathi in the final over. Rinku smashed 7 boundaries and 5 sixes, 4 of those coming in the final over. At a point when 130 looked impossible for KKR, it was him who took KKR over 150. The only assistance came from Cameron Green, who contributed 34 runs.
While KKR came to defend 155 runs, Rinku was everywhere. He took
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