The first IPL Super Over!!

Indian Premier League - 10th match - Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals 2009 season
Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 23 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

The game of the tournament ended in a tie. Enter the Super Over!!! For Kolata, Gayle, McCullum and Ganguly are their bastmen and Mendis is their bowler. For Rajasthan, Pathan, Mascarenhas and Jadeja are their bastmen and K. Khan is their bowler. I won't say anymore so I don't spoil it...

NOTE: *spoilers below*

Cricinfo commentary

I'll fill you in with the rules of the Super Over. Each team gets one over to bat and the team which scores the most wins. If it's a tie then the team which scores the most sixes in the match wins.

Right Kamran Khan will bowl and Ganguly, McCullum and Gayle are the three batsmen for Kolkata. A finish like this was just what the tournament needed. Takes your mind off the rain.

Righto! Gayle and McCullum walk out. Looks like Gayle will face.

Ball 1 Kamran to Gayle - ONE - Kamran fields well off his own bowling and he deflects it to long-off

Ball 2 Kamran to McCullum - ONE - Ouch! McCullum tries to pull a full toss on waist height and he meets the ball flush on the glove

Ball 3 Kamran to Gayle - WIDE - Too wide outside off, can't chase that

Ball 3 Kamran to Gayle - FOUR - Poor length, full on the pads and he easily chips this one over mid-on

Ball 4 Kamran to Gayle - FOUR - Another poor delivery, on the pads and he hoicks him across the line and sends the ball scorching to deep square leg

Ball 5 Kamran to Gayle - FOUR - He comes over the wicket but it doesn't help, he stays at the crease, drags his backfoot back and thumps a full delivery across the line to deep midwicket

Ball 6 Kamran to Gayle - OUT - Gayle stays at the crease, bends his knee and tries to cart a full ball over the off side but Quiney at sweeper cover takes a sharp catch falling forward

So Rajasthan need 16 to win. Here;s the line-up. Mendis will bowl, Jadeja, Pathan and Mascarenhas are the three batsmen

Mendis warms up. What an entertaining evening for the crowd and it sure is a late night for all you folks back in India. Shah Rukh's on his feet, McCullum sets his field. Pathan will face Mendis. Can we have a move on please? This is taking the whole night. Lots of fielders in the deep. Jadeja's up next to bat. Four men in the ring.

Ball 1 Mendis to Pathan - SIX - Take that! He makes room and carts a flighted delivery high over long-off, 10 needed off 5

Ball 2 Mendis to Pathan - TWO - And dropped! He heaves him over the bowler's head and HOdge runs across and drops a difficult one

Ball 3 Mendis to Pathan - SIX - He stays at the crease and gives it a mighty heave ho over deep midwicket, that went rows back

The field comes in

Ball 4 Mendis to Pathan - FOUR - It's all over! Yusuf cuts out the aerial hits and settles for the sweep, he gets on his knee to a delivery pitched on middle and leg and sweeps wide of square leg

Yusuf charges off and celebrates with his team-mates who rush to congratulate him. It wasn't exactly a gamble bringing on a spinner for the Super Over but all credit must go to Pathan for his brute force. He decided to stay put at the crease and smash them. He and his brother Irfan took India to victory in Colombo recently. It was a no-brainer for Warne to send him first up. Mendis' carrom ball and other variations deserted him in this crucial moment.