The final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup has been named the best match in the history of cricket so far. The match between England and New Zealand was a tie. Then the super over is also tied. In the end, England became the champion in boundary calculation. Most of the cricket fans did not like this rule. As a result, the rules of match settlement in super overs have changed.
Meanwhile, one of the best matches in the history of cricket was played between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab not only in the history of IPL last night (Sunday). There, the world has witnessed two super overs in one match for the first time. The match was decided at the end of two super overs of tension.
Batting first in the first super over of the match, Jaspreet Bumraj could not score more than five runs in six deliveries. Lokesh Rahul and Nicholas Puran, two batsmen of the team, were dismissed by Mumbai. In reply, Mohammad Shamir's superb bowling, Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock could not score more than 5 runs.
Being the first super tie, he made history in the second super over. Earlier, in the final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, many thought that the result would be revealed by counting the boundaries. But after a while, Kiran Pollard and Hardik Pandya of Mumbai came down with the bat. Chris Jordan is seen with the ball in hand.
Basically, after that controversy of the World Cup, new rules were made in case of super over draw. Take a look at how the match will be decided if there is a super over tie:
- If the Super Over is tied or unresolved, the Super Over will be played again until a winner is determined.
- The new super over has to start within 5 minutes of the end of the previous super over.
- The team that batted later in the previous Super Over will bat first in the next Super Over.
- The bowling of the next Super Over will start from the opposite end of the field where the previous Super Over ended.
- No batsman who was out in the previous super over will be able to bat in the next super over.
. A bowler who bowled in the previous super over will not get a chance to bowl in any subsequent super over.