Top 5 super-overs in IPL history

#1 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 2014

Steve smith showed tremendous presence of mind in the super-over

This match truly does not need any introduction. The excitement of the final over, the tension of the super-over and the cam head of Steve Smith – every person who watched this match live will always remember it vividly.

This match is the only match in the history of IPL where the super-overs were tied too. Yes, you read it right! Both teams scored a mammoth 191 in the main match and 11 runs each in the super-over, which actually led to the usage of the boundary countback rule.

Rajasthan Royals won the match when Steve Smith, instead of going for the required 3 runs off the last delivery, quietly nudged it to long off to run a couple.

Super-over	KKR	RR
Ball 1	W+1 (run out)	1
Ball 2	1	1
Ball 3	1	1
Ball 4	6	4
Ball 5	1	W
Ball 6	W+1 (run out)	2
Total	11	11

This super-over proves that technique, strength and momentum might matter in sport but even today, nothing is as important as presence of mind. The field was pushed way back by Gautam Gambhir to try and stop the boundary.

Steve Smith knew that running the couple would yield the same result as scoring a boundary. He chose to go the smarter way and thus, pushed this match to the top of the IPL super-overs list!

Can IPL 2017 come up with something better? It’s time to wait and watch!