Two beamers by Tyagi, last-ball six by Shami: How LSG vs KKR went into Super Over

Lucknow Super Giants forced a Super Over against Kolkata Knight Riders aft needing 17 runs successful the last implicit and managing to level the scores successful a melodramatic decorativeness portion chasing 156. The past over, bowled by Kartik Tyagi, had everything — 2 waist-high no-balls, a wicket, and a last-ball six from Mohammed Shami. LSG began the implicit needing 17 runs. On the archetypal ball, Tyagi bowled a slower off-cutter extracurricular off. Shami swung and missed, but wicketkeeper Tim Seifert fumbled the take, allowing a bye and keeping Himmat Singh connected strike. The 2nd shot turned the game. Tyagi bowled a waist-high afloat flip that struck Himmat Singh's bat precocious arsenic helium tried to pull.

It was called a no-ball. The transportation gave LSG a escaped hit. On the adjacent ball, Tyagi again bowled a waist-high afloat toss. Himmat tried to loft it and was caught by Rovman Powell astatine long-on, but since it was different no-ball, the dismissal did not count. There was disorder implicit whether Tyagi would beryllium removed from the onslaught aft bowling 2 beamers. KKR’s dugout, including Abhishek Nayar and Dwayne Bravo, discussed changing the bowler, portion skipper Ajinkya Rahane besides spoke with the team.

However, the umpires ruled that lone the archetypal beamer was unsafe and the 2nd 1 was not, truthful Tyagi was allowed to continue.

The escaped deed was past pulled for 4 by Himmat Singh to heavy backward quadrate leg. Tyagi responded connected the adjacent shot by dismissing Himmat. He bowled a magnitude transportation extracurricular off, and Himmat shuffled crossed and tried to heave it away. He did not get capable powerfulness oregon timing, and Rinku Singh completed the drawback astatine heavy backward quadrate leg.

Himmat made 19 disconnected 10 balls. The adjacent shot brought different bye aft Prince Yadav missed a slower abbreviated shot and Seifert again could not cod cleanly. Tyagi past bowled a dot shot to Shami with a short-of-length transportation extracurricular disconnected arsenic the batter missed his slash. That near LSG needing six disconnected the last ball. Tyagi bowled abbreviated and wide extracurricular off, but Shami connected with a large changeable and sent it for six to instrumentality the crippled into a Super Over. The reactions said it each — Rinku Singh, Dwayne Bravo and Shane Watson were near stunned, portion Avesh Khan was seen smiling arsenic LSG completed the fightback.