Kings XI Punjab registered a superb win over Chennai Super Kings in the super over of the Indian Premier League match on Sunday.
Punjab who batted first made a moderate score of 136/8 and were on the way of defeat when the home team was 96/1 by the 14th over. But after the visitors made a superb fightback to restrict the Chenai to 136/7 from the 20 overs to set up the first super over victory in the third IPL season.
In the super over bowl out, CSK made nine runs off the bowling of Juan Theron by losing two of their three nominated batsmen Matthew Hayden (0) and captain Suresh Raina (8) while Albie Morkel made one.
Batting second, Kings XI Punjab made 10 for one with Yuvraj Singh hitting a four from the fourth ball off Muttiah Muralitharan to set up the dramatic victory. Mahela Jayawardene was out in the second ball after hitting a six off the first.
Chasing an easy target of 137, CSK looked set for a thumping win before the collapse from 96/1 to 136/7 which led to IPL 3′s first tied match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
