Super Over thrill (Photo: Instagram/ VideoGrab)
Leader-actor Ravi Kishan’s team Gaur Gorakhpur Lions have registered their 5th win UP T20 League 2025. In the match played on 31 August, he registered this win against Kanpur superstars, the most laggid team of the league. This match was decided from a 5 -ball super over. Now you will say that even in the super over, 12 balls are thrown by both teams, then how did this super over 5 balls? So let us tell you about it, before that, know the condition of the match played between Gorakhpur Lions and Kanpur Superstars.
Match reached super over after tie
Gaur played between Gorakhpur Lions and Kanpur Superstars, this match was tied. Due to rain, the B match of both teams was 15-15 overs. Gaur Gorakhpur Lions, batting first, scored 141 runs for 7 wickets in 15 overs. In response, Kanpur Superstars also scored 141 runs losing 5 wickets in 15 overs. Now when both the teams scored an equal score, the super over was played to get the result.
The first super over of UP T20 League 2025, that too with 5 balls
Kanpur Superstart batting first in the super over. His captain Sameer Rizvi scored 75 runs in the match. In such a situation, he was expected to rain in the super over. But before this, Gaur Gorakhpur Lions bowler Abdul Rahman, who was putting his feet super over, uprooted. He lbw Sameer Rizvi on the very first ball of the super over. Abhishek Pandey, who came after Rizvi, took a single off the second ball and gave the strike to Adarsh ​​Singh. But in the super over, on the third ball of Abdul Rahman, he too became angry without opening an account like Sameer Rizvi. In this way, the innings of Kanpur superstars in just 3 balls came to an end.
Now the goal in front of Gaur Gorakhpur Lions was not only clear but was also very easy. Akkshdeep Nath and Prince Yadav came out to open for him and both of them together chased the target of 2 runs against Kanpur superstars bowler Vineet Pawar in 2 balls of the super over.
Now if we look at the total balls including both teams in the super over, then they are only 5. The thrill of only 5 -ball super over was not seen in the match played between Gorakhpur Lions and Kanpur Superstars, it was also the first super over of UP T20 League 2025.
