Rajasthan Royals
In the 32nd match of IPL 2025, fans got to see the thrill of the super over. On 16 April, an exciting match was played between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. In this match, Delhi batting first scored 188 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Rajasthan’s team also could score 188 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs.
The super over was played after the match was tied. After this, in the super over, Rajasthan Royals gave Delhi a target of 12 runs to win. KL Rahul and Triston Stabs won Delhi with two balls remaining. Let us tell you that in this super over, Rajasthan’s team could not play the entire 6 balls. Rajasthan scored 11 runs at the loss of two wickets in 5 balls. In such a situation, there will be a question in the minds of many fans as to why RR’s innings ended in 5 balls. So let us answer you.
Why did RR team play only 5 balls in the super over?
Actually some rules have been made regarding the super over. When the match is tied in the IPL, there is a 1-1 over match to get the results, which is called a super over. For this, both teams have to name 3-3 batsmen and 1-1 bowler. The team batting in the first second innings plays. Any team’s innings ends when 2 wickets fall. Something similar happened with Rajasthan. Rajasthan’s 2 wickets fell till the fifth ball in the super over. For this reason, his innings ended in 5 balls and the sixth ball could not be thrown.
How Rajasthan batsmen were out in super over
In the super over, Shimran Hetmyer and Ryan Parag came out to bat for Rajasthan Royals. At the same time, Mitchell Starc bowled for Delhi. Stark scored the first ball on Shimran Hetmyer’s leg on which no runs were scored. Hetmyer hit a four on the next ball. The third ball again stuck the exact yorker on which 1 run. On the fourth ball, Ryan Parag hit a four, it was no ball. Due to the no ball, a free hit was received on the next ball. On the free hit, batsmen can be dismissed only in one way, which is runout and Ryan Parag were dismissed in the same way. Hetmyer was also run out on the next ball. In this way, Rajasthan’s team was all out after playing 5 balls.
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