In T20 World Cup, know how many super overs have been played in the history of the tournament so far

A super over has taken place in the T20 World Cup after 12 years. So far, a super over has been played only 3 times in the history of the tournament.

T20 World Cup 2024 has started from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and America. In this edition, one after the other exciting matches are being played. Today (June 3), the match between Namibia and Oman in Barbados was tied. After which Namibia defeated Oman by 11 runs due to the brilliant performance of David Wiese with ball and bat in the Super Over.

Let us tell you that Super Over has been played in the T20 World Cup after 12 years. So far in the history of the tournament, Super Over has happened only 3 times. Earlier, the last Super Over was in 2012. Let us tell you between which teams Super Over has been played in the history of T20 World Cup so far-

T20 World Cup 2024: Status of the super over between NAM vs OMN

In the match against Namibia, Oman, batting first, was all out for 109 runs in 19.4 overs. In response, the Namibian team, chasing the target, could only score 109 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. After the match was drawn, a super over was played. David Wiese and Gerhard Erasmus came out to bat for Namibia. David Wiese scored 13 runs in 4 balls with the help of a four and a six.

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At the same time, captain Gerhard scored 8 runs in 2 balls with the help of two fours. Namibia scored 21 runs in the super over without losing any wicket. The Oman team could not chase the target of 22 runs. Namibia player David Wiese, while bowling, gave only 10 runs and took one wicket.

The first super over took place between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in 2012

The first super over in the history of T20the World Cup was played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on 27 September 2012. In this match, the New Zealand team scored 174 runs while batting first. Sri Lanka was able to score the same number of runs while chasing the target, and the match was tied. Sri Lanka scored 13 runs in the super over. The Kiwi team was able to score only 7 runs while chasing the target, and they had to lose the match.

The second super over of the T20 World Cup also took place in 2012 between West Indies and New Zealand. West Indies scored 139 runs while batting first. Then the Kiwi team also scored 139 runs while chasing the target. After which the super over was played. New Zealand scored 17 runs in the super over, West Indies then won the match by scoring 19 runs in the super over.