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Three Super Overs Seen In A Single Match Of T20

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, Bengaluru
  • Aug 23, 2024
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Every day we get to see more and more exciting matches in cricket, but on Friday a match was played which crossed the pinnacle of excitement. 

This match was played between Bengaluru Blasters and Hubli Tigers in Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024. 

Although super over is often seen in T20 matches, but in this match the record of super over was broken. 

Actually, after the score was equal, the score remained equal in 2 consecutive super overs and then the result of the match came out in the third super over. In this way, for the first time in the history of cricket, three super overs were seen in a single match. This match is now making headlines on social media due to its 3 exciting super overs. 

Actually, in the Maharaja T20 Trophy on 23 August at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, there was a clash between Bengaluru Blasters captained by Mayank Agarwal and Hubli Tigers captained by Manish Pandey. 

The team of Hubli Tigers, batting first, was all out for 164 runs in 20 overs. After this, the entire team of Bengaluru Blasters, which came out to chase the target, was all out after scoring 164 runs in 20 overs. Now the first super over was played for the result of the match.

In this first super over, Bengaluru Blasters batted first and scored 10 runs after losing 1 wicket. Hubli now had to score 11 runs to win this match but once again the score remained equal. Hubli's team was also able to score only 10 runs. Now the match went to the second super over where once again the score of both the teams remained equal. In this second over, Hubli Tigers scored 8 runs and Bengaluru Blasters' team was also able to score only 8 runs after losing 1 wicket. 

After the score remained equal in 2 consecutive super overs, the third super over was played in which Bengaluru Blasters batted first and scored 12 runs for 1 wicket. However, this time the score was not equal and Hubli Tigers won the match by scoring 13 runs. In this way, the result of this exciting match came out after going into 3 super overs