Kolkata's thrilling win over Hyderabad in the Super Over

October 18, UAE


The match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been decided in a super over. Kolkata beat Hyderabad in an exciting Super Over.

In the thrilling super over, Hyderabad lost both their wickets off 3 balls by Luki Ferguson and scored only 2 runs. Kolkata had set a target of 3 runs for the victory. Kolkata completed the target in 4 balls.

Chasing the target of 164 runs set by Kolkata, Hyderabad lost 6 wickets in 20 overs and tied the game at 163 runs. The match was decided by a super over.

For Hyderabad, skipper David Warner scored an unbeaten 47, while Johnny Bairstow scored 36, Ken Williamson 29 and Abdul Samad 23 not out.

Kolkata bowler Luke Ferguson took three wickets in his first game of the season. Similarly, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi and Barun Chakraborty took one wicket each.

Earlier, losing the toss and batting first, Kolkata had scored 163 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.

For Kolkata, captain Eoin Morgan scored 34 runs while Shubhaman Gill scored 36 runs, Nitish Rana and Dinesh Karthik scored 29 runs each.

Similarly, Hyderabad bowler T Natarajan took two wickets while Basil Thampi, Vijay Shankar and Rashid Khan took one wicket each.

With this victory, Kolkata has achieved its fifth victory in 9 games. Similarly, this is the sixth defeat of Hyderabad in 9 games.