New Delhi. West Indies spinner Sunil Narine is the first bowler in the history of T20 cricket to bowl a maiden over in a Super Over. In 2014, a match was played between Red Steel and Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League in Providence. After the stipulated 20 overs, the score of both the teams was equal. Batting first, Red Steel scored 118 runs. At the same time, Guyana Amazon Warriors also made 118.
On the first ball, off-spinner Sunil Narine bowled the ball to left-handed batsman Niklas Pooran. The ball pitched outside the leg stump and spun a foot away from Pooran's off stump. No runs came on this. The second ball skidded and did not bounce much. Puran missed hitting this too. On the third ball, Sunil Narine cleverly bowled the ball on the same line and length.
No runs came even on the fourth ball. Parapuran finally connected the ball on the fifth ball but Martin Guptill standing at long off took the ball and Puran was caught out. Took. Now Steel needed 12 runs from one ball. Sunil Narine bowled the sixth ball to Ross Taylor. On which no runs were scored and Sunil Narine made a record for bowling maiden overs in T20 cricket.
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 21, 2024, 09:48 IST
