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India dominates the Super Over, see these records

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The thrill of the Super Over excites fans around the world. The thrill of the Super Over T20 game is very high, whenever the match comes close to victory, fans eagerly wait for the Super Over. In the history of T20 international cricket, Indian fans have seen Super Over many times.

super over on india history

India beats Sri Lanka, Pallekele – 2024

India's most ridiculous Super Over win came on July 31 at Pallekele, when Suryakumar Yadav led India to a thrilling win over Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka were chasing 138 runs to win and at one stage the score was 110/1. In the 17th over, Washington Sundar took two wickets in one over, but with six wickets remaining, Sri Lanka looked certain to win the match. Then came the turning point for India, with several part-time bowlers bowling and taking wickets.

Rinku Singh bowled the 19th over for Sri Lanka, in which nine runs were needed from 12 balls. He took two wickets in this over, including the wicket of Kusal Perera (46). Rinku created panic in the Sri Lankan camp by giving only three runs in the over. The host team needed six runs in the last over and when everyone expected Mohammad Siraj to bowl the last over, Suryakumar came to bowl. He also took two wickets and pushed India into the super over.

In the super over, Washington Sundar took two wickets in three balls and the Sri Lankan team was all out for just two runs. India achieved the target in one ball by hitting a four on the first ball of captain Suryakumar.

India beats Afghanistan, Bengaluru – 2024

On 17 January 2024, the Indian men's team played a thrilling match against Afghanistan at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Batting first, India were 22/4, but an unbeaten 190-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh brought India back into the game and India scored 212/4. Afghanistan had a difficult target in front of them, but they started well and then played well in the overs between the efforts of Mohammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib. Nabi got out, but Naib scored a half-century to help Afghanistan level the score.

After this, there were two super overs in this match. Afghanistan scored 16 runs and after that India also scored the same number of runs. After this they reached the second super over where India lost both the wickets for just 11 runs. Ravi Bishnoi was given the responsibility of bowling this over and he performed brilliantly and got both the Afghan batsmen caught in the deep by giving just one run. In the end, India won this match easily.

India beats Australia, Mumbai- 2022

The Indian women's team played their first Super Over at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. A packed house at the Navi Mumbai ground witnessed a thrilling match against the mighty Australian team, which scored 187 runs, thanks to Smriti Mandha's brilliant 79 and Richa Ghosh's 26.

Later, in the super over bowled by Australia's Heather Graham, the Mandhana-Ghosh pair scored 20 runs. In Richa Ghosh's super over, Australia scored only 16 runs and India won the match.

India beats New Zealand, Hamilton – 2020

This was the third T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand in Hamilton, with both teams scoring 179 runs in their 20 overs. For the Indians, Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 65 runs in the first innings followed by good bowling from Shardul Thakur (2/21) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/23) which helped Kane Williamson hit 95 runs off 48 balls.

In the Super Over, India once again faced a bit of disappointment from their fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who returned from injury and conceded 17 runs in six balls. But in-form Rohit Sharma gave the team victory by hitting consecutive sixes against Tim Southee on the last two balls of the match.

India beats New Zealand, Wellington – 2020

The fourth T20I match of the same series saw another memorable Super Over between India and New Zealand in Wellington. In reply to 165/8, India again secured victory as New Zealand failed in the second run chase. Manish Pandey (50) gave the Indians a respectable total while Bumrah (1/20) helped tie the match.

In the Super Over too, Bumrah showed his brilliance and restricted the Kiwis to just 12 runs off six balls on a pitch with short boundaries and a flat wicket. Rahul hit Southee for a six off the first ball, the dashing opener hit a four off the next ball to seal the match and give his team a 4-0 lead in the series.