A Super Over is cricket's version of a penalty shootout. When a match ends in a tie, each team gets one extra over to settle it. It's six balls of pure, unfiltered pressure.
Each team picks 3 batsmen and 1 bowler for the Super Over. You bat one over (6 balls), try to score as many as possible, then the other team chases. Whoever scores more wins. Simple.
If the Super Over itself is tied? In most current rules, the team that hit more boundaries in the main match wins. Before this rule, they'd play another Super Over — and yes, that has actually happened.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand. Both the match and the Super Over ended in a tie. England won on boundary count. It remains the most controversial and dramatic finish in cricket history.
The IPL has produced some incredible Super Overs. MI vs PBKS in 2020 had two consecutive Super Overs in the same match. Absolute scenes. These moments are why T20 cricket is the most popular format globally.
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