A Super Over serves as a tiebreaker in One Day Internationals (ODIs), Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), and the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a Super Over, each team plays an additional over and the team scoring the most runs is named the winner of the contest. After a rule change in October 2019, a second Super Over is played if the first Super Over ends in a tie.
The most famous Super Over in ODI history occurred in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord's. Both teams scored 15 runs in the Super Over but England won on the boundary count rule. Super Overs have been more frequent in T20s due to the shorter format. The first-ever T20I Super Over took place in 2008 in a match between New Zealand and West Indies. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has also witnessed several iconic Super Overs since the first one in 2009.
List of IPL Super Overs
The first-ever IPL Super Over occurred in 2009 when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) ended in a tie at 150 runs, with RR winning. Since then, several matches have ended in Super Overs, including Kings XI Punjab's (KXIP) win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2010 and Royal Challengers Bangaluru's (RCB) victory against Delhi Daredevils (DD) in 2013.
The IPL 2020 season saw a record four Super Overs, including a dramatic double Super Over match where KXIP defeated Mumbai Indians (MI). Other matches featured KKR winning against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and RCB edging past MI. As of March 2025, the most recent IPL Super Over took place in the 2021 season when Delhi Capitals (DC) faced SRH in Chennai. After identical scores of 159, DC won the Super Over by chasing the target of eight runs on April 25.
| Season | Match | Result | Tie Score | Man of the Match |
| IPL 2009 | KKR vs RR | Rajasthan Royals won | 150 | Yusuf Pathan |
| IPL 2010 | CSK vs KXIP | Kings XI Punjab won | 136 | Rusty Theron |
| IPL 2013 | SRH vs RCB | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 130 | Hanuma Vihari |
| IPL 2013 | RCB vs DD | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 152 | Virat Kohli |
| IPL 2014 | KKR vs RR | Rajasthan Royals | 152 | James Faulkner |
| IPL 2015 | RR vs KXIP | Kings XI Punjab | 191 | Shaun Marsh |
| IPL 2017 | GL vs MI | Mumbai Indians | 153 | Krunal Pandya |
| IPL 2019 | DC vs KKR | Delhi Capitals won | 185 | Prithvi Shaw |
| IPL 2019 | MI vs SRH | Mumbai Indians | 162 | Jasprit Bumrah |
| IPL 2020 | DC vs KXIP | Delhi Capitals won | 157 | Marcus Stoinis |
| IPL 2020 | RCB vs MI | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 201 | AB de Villiers |
| IPL 2020 | SRH vs KKR | Kolkata Knight Riders won | 163 | Lockie Ferguson |
| IPL 2020 | MI vs PBKS | Punjab Kings won | 176 | Lokesh Rahul |
| IPL 2021 | SRH vs DC | Delhi Capitals won | 159 | Prithvi Shaw |
FAQs on IPL
A. Virat Kohli (RCB) scored 973 runs in the IPL 2016.
A. Alzarri Joseph (MI) took 6/12 vs SRH in the IPL 2019.
A. MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS) is the wicket-keeper with most IPL dismissals (190), as of March 2025.
A. Virat Kohli (RCB) has eight centuries in the IPL, as of March 2025.
A. Harshal Patel (RCB, 2021) & Dwayne Bravo (CSK, 2013) both took 32 wickets each in a single IPL season.
