IPL 2020: 2 matches, 3 superover, 2 winners in 1 day
KXIP vs MI is the first time in the history of IPL when 3 superovers were seen in a single day. The 35th match of IPL 2020 was a tie between Hyderabad and KKR, after which KKR won in the Superover. At the same time, in the 36th match of IPL 2020, the teams of Punjab and Mumbai played a tie against each other and then two super overs were required to decide the winner.
Punjab batted first in the superover but in front of Bumrah, the lions of Punjab could not do anything special. KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran batted in the Superover from Punjab, Pooran was out without scoring any runs, KL Rahul too could not do anything amazing, although he had scored a swashbuckling 77 in the allotted 20 overs. Punjab scored 5 runs in the superover. In such a situation, Mumbai Indians got the target of 6 runs off 6 balls to win in the superover. For Mumbai, De Kock and Rohit came out to bat in the superover, De Kock managed to take one run off Mohammad Shami’s first ball, followed by Rohit Sharma taking strike. On the second ball of Shami, Rohit hit an aerial shot from above the cover which got 1 run.
The MI Paltan could manage another single in the third ball. Now Mumbai needed 3 runs off 3 balls. Once again Rohit was on strike, Shami bowled a brilliant ball on the fourth ball on which Rohit could not score. Now Mumbai Indians needed 3 runs off 2 balls. On the fifth ball, Rohit tried to show innovation and wanted to play the reverse shot from behind the wicketkeeper, but Shami had already sensed Rohit’s ingenuity and threw the yorker length ball, on which Mumbai captain Rohit could not play the shot as expected and Only 1 run was scored. Now Mumbai needed 2 runs off the last ball. De Kock was on strike. On the last ball, he tried to take 2 runs, but was run out while running the second, which led to a superover tie. In such a situation, the superover was again played.
The second superover between Punjab and Mumbai
In the second superover played between Punjab (KXIP Vs MI 2nd Super Over) and Mumbai, Mumbai Indians (MI) batted first, this time Hardik Pandya and Pollard started the Mumbai innings, with Chris Jordan bowling . Pollard was successful in taking 1 run on the first ball, Hardik Pandya was present on strike, the second ball was thrown wide by Jordan. Once again, Hardik could only score 1 run on the second ball. Pollard was on strike on the third ball. On the third ball, Pollard hit a big shot towards the cover which went to the boundary. The next ball was thrown wide by Jordan. Pollard tried to take 2 runs off the fourth ball but Hardik Pandya was run out at non-strikers end. In this situation, 1 run was taken on the fourth ball. Pollard could not make any runs on the fifth ball, Jordan threw the ball out of the off stump and dodged the batsman, due to which Pollard could not score. On the last ball, Pollard tried to hit a six in the air but on the boundary Mayank Agarwal made a great fielding effort and Mumbai got only 2 runs where 6 runs were supposed to be. Mumbai scored 11 for 1 in the second superover. Now Punjab had to score 12 runs off 6 balls to win in the second superover.
For Punjab Universe Boss aka Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal opened in the second super over because KL Rahul and Nicolos Pooran had been dismissed in the first super over hence they were not eligible to bat. Trent Boult had the task of defending 11 runs for MI. The 41 year old Gayle smashed the first delivery above the bowler for a straight six soothing the nerves in the Punjab camp. After taking a single of the next ball, Mayank Agarwal hit consecutive fours to seal the win and secure 2 points for KXIP.
