Naseem Shah led victory in the super over (Photo: PTI)
First Super Over in ILT20 2025: In the current season of International League T20, the match played on 8 December had an exciting end. In this match played between Gulf Giants and Desert Vipers, initially there was a lot of fireworks of runs. The situation was such that no team appeared inferior to the other. In such a situation, the first super over of the season was seen, where Naseem Shah, playing for Desert Vipers, did wonders. He bowled an 8-ball super over. However, fortunately, the team’s record of victory in ILT20 2025 was not broken.
How did the match go in the super over?
First of all, let us know how the match reached the super over? Gulf Giants batted first in the match and scored 179 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, when the Desert Vipers team came out to chase the target of 180 runs, the match reached such a point where they were left with 3 runs to win on the last ball of their innings. But this did not happen. While trying to take the third run, Naseem Shah was run out and thus only 2 runs could be added to the team’s account. Meaning, like Gulf Giants, Desert Vipers also scored only 179 runs in 20 overs. And, thus the matter reached the super over.
Target to defend 13 runs in super over
Desert Vipers batted first in the first Super Over of ILT20 2025. And, Nuan Thushara scored 13 runs on 6 legal balls. During this time one of his wickets also fell. Now Gulf Giants had to score 14 runs to win. And if Desert Vipers had to save their winning streak from being broken in ILT20 2025, they had to defend 13 runs.
Even after 8 balls super over, Naseem Shah won
Desert Vipers captain Sam Curran handed the ball to Naseem Shah, who bowled a super over of 8 balls, yet he defended 13 runs. And. That is why we are saying that he has done wonders. Now you must be wondering how Naseem Shah bowled an 8-ball super over?
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Naseem Shah started the Super Over by bowling the very first ball, after which he had to bowl that ball again. After this, he bowled the second ball of the over correctly. But the third ball was bowled wide and he had to bowl that ball again. After this he bowled all the remaining balls legally. But even after bowling 8 balls in the super over including one no ball and one wide, Naseem Shah allowed Gulf Giants to score only 9 runs against him.
Desert Vipers record not broken in ILT20 2025
In this way, Desert Vipers won the match against Gulf Giants and also maintained the record of not losing a single match so far in ILT20 2025. Desert Vipers is the only team which has not lost a single match in ILT20 2025. He has played 3 matches so far and won all of them.