IPL 2018: Top 3 closest Super Overs

#3 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 2014

The only game to be decided by boundary count was RR vs KKR in 2014

These two sides met in the first-ever Super Over back in 2009 and they met again in Abu Dhabi in 2014. On this occasion, the two teams were literally inseparable. A brilliant 72 off 59 from opener Ajinkya Rahane, followed by a handy 33 from Shane Watson, took the Royals to 152-5 in their twenty overs. Shakib Al-Hasan put in a very economical spell of 4-0-23-1 to restrict the damage.

The Knight Riders started well thanks to a calm 45 from their captain Gautam Gambhir, with 31 from Suraykumar Yadav down the order. However, James Faulkner was lethal for RR in the latter overs of the contest, taking two wickets in two balls in the 19th over. Kane Richardson was tasked with defending 12 off the last over, but Shakib provided stubborn resistance and took the equation to three off one to win. Thanks to some quick running from Sunil Narine at the other end, KKR took it to a Super Over after completing a hasty two to the man in the deep.

KKR were batting first in the one-over decider and Rajasthan gave the deadly James Faulkner the ball. A poor run out off the first ball, as they looked for a second, left KKR reeling at 1/1, but Manish Pandey and Shakib brought things back for them. The next few balls were 1,1,6,1 - leaving KKR with 10/1 off five balls. Another run out ensued off the last ball as they came back for a second. This meant that KKR ended on 11/1.

Australians Steve Smith and Shane Watson walked out for RR and they started positively as they took four runs off Narine's first three balls. However, Watson then lifted him over mid-wicket to secure a much-needed boundary for RR. The equation now read four off two. Watson only managed a single off the following ball, leaving three to win off one, with Smith on strike. Smith knew that a tied Super Over would give RR the win since they had scored more boundaries. So, instead of risking the big shot, he calmly placed the ball in the gap on the off-side and scampered back for two. This meant that Super Over was remarkably tied and gave RR a win on boundary count.