Netherlands and Nepal on Monday entered the record books after the Dutch prevailed over their opponents on the back of a historic third Super Over during the Scotland T20 Tri-Series in Glasgow. It was the first time a recognised men’s limited-overs match, including both T20 and 50-overs cricket, went into the Super Over tie-break for the third time in a match.
Set a target of 153 in regular time, Nepal needed 16 off the final over, pacer Nandan Yadav hit 4, 2, 2, and 4 of the last four deliveries to send the game into a Super Over.
The game was a nail-biter, heading into an unprecedented third Super Over.
In the first Super Over, left-arm spinner Daniel Doram, who had an excellent regular spell conceding only 14 runs and taking three wickets, was hit for 19 runs with Nepal’s Kushal Bhurtel smashing two sixes and a four. The Netherlands responded with Michael Levitt hitting a six off the first ball and Max O’Dowd contributing a six and a four off the last two balls, pushing the match into a second Super Over.
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The second Super Over saw Lalit Rajbanshi conceding two sixes off his first three deliveries. However, he recovered to restrict the Netherlands to 17 runs. Nepal’s chase started with a bang Rohit Paudel struck a first ball six, and Dipendra Airee followed with a four, bringing the equation down to seven runs needed off the final ball. Airee then stunned the Dutchmen as he smashed Kyle Klein over cow corner, forcing a third Super Over.
However, it was down to offspinner Zach Lion-Cachet to make the decisive move in the third Super Over. He dismissed both Paudel and debutant Rupesh Singh, constricting Nepal to 0/2. With a run to win, Levitt put an end to the match by slamming for a six over long-on.
The Nepal-Netherlands humdinger was only the second time a men’s T20I match had gone into a second Super Over with the first instance occurring between India and Afghanistan in January 2024, a contest that the Men in Blue eventually won.
