Maharaja Trophy: Unbelievable triple super over drama as Hubli Tigers defeat Bengaluru Blasters

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.

Friday night frenzy at the @maharaja_t20: Not one, not two, but THREE Super Overs were needed for Hubli Tigers to finally win against Bengaluru Blasters 🤯🤯🤯#MaharajaT20onFanCode #MaharajaTrophy #MaharajaT20 pic.twitter.com/ffcNYov1Qf

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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.

Brief Scores

Hubli Tigers won by Super Over

Super Over (3)

Bengaluru Blasters 12/1 in 1 over (Shubhang Hegde 7* runs off 3 balls, Suraj Ahuja 4* runs off 3 balls, Manvanth Kumar 1/11)

Hubli Tigers 13/0 in 1 over (Manvanth Kumar 11* runs off 4 balls, Manish Pandey 1* runs off 3 balls)

Super Over (2)

Hubli Tigers 8/0 in 1 over (Manish Pandey 7* runs off 4 balls, Manvanth Kumar 1* run off 2 balls)

Bengaluru Blaster 8/1 (Chethan LR 5* runs off 3 balls, Suraj Ahuja 2* runs off 2 balls)

Super Over (1)

Bengaluru Blasters 10/1 (Anirudha Joshi 8* runs off 4 balls, Chethan LR 1* run off 2 balls)

Hubli Tigers 10/0 (Manvanth Kumar 2* runs off 2 balls, Manish 8* runs off 4 balls)

Hubli Tigers 164/10 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 33 runs off 22 balls, Aneeshwar Gautam 30 runs off 24 balls, Manvanth Kumar 27 runs off 15 balls, Lavish Kaushal 5/17, Kranthi Kumar 2/33)

Bengaluru Blasters 164/10 in 20 overs (Mayank Agarawal 54 runs off 34 balls, Suraj Ahuja 26 runs off 20 balls, Naveen MG 23 runs off 11 balls, Manvanth Kumar 4/32, Vidhwath Kaverappa 2/35)