BBS vs HT

Match tied (Hubli Tigers won the third super over)

Manish Pandey 33(22) | Manvanth Kumar L 4/32(4)
Mayank Agarwal 54(34) | Lavish Kaushal 5/17(4)

It is scarcely possible to believe that a T20 match took 46 overs to get a result but it is exactly what happened in this game today. After three super overs, it is the Hubli Tigers who prevail in what should rank as one of the most evenly-matched contest in the history of the Maharaja Trophy. 

The target of 165 looked a bit under par at the halfway stage but a perfect start from Vidwath Kaverappa started off brilliantly, bagging the wicket of LR Chethan in the very first over. Niranjan Naik and Mayank Agarwal stitched together a crucial stand of 41 runs and it came at a quick time which allowed the. To get in par with the required rate. 

Shubham Hedge also departed without bothering the scorers as the pressure seemed to be on the Bengaluru Blasters. Shivkumar Rakshith and Mayank Agarwal departed at crucial junctures of the game but by the time, Mayank departed he had scored a fluent half-century and laid a bit of a platform for the lowe middle order and the lower order. 

Aniruddha Joshi and Gneshwar Naveen batted brilliantly towards the final others and almost got their side off the finish line. When Naveen departed in the final over, the equation read 2 required off 4 deliveries. Lavish Kaushal couldn't put bat to ball which eventually took the game to the super over. Runs were few and far between in the first two super overs with 11 and 9 not getting chased down. Eventually it was the Hubli Tigers who managed to prevail in the final super over of the match.

0.6 Kranthi-Kumar to Manvanth Kumar L, FOUR! MANVANTH KUMAR HAS DONE IT! HUBLI TIGERS PREVAIL AT LONG LAST! They all come charging onto the ground as though they've won the cup! Absolute scenes at the Chinnaswamy and it's ecstasy for the Tigers. Agony for Kranthi and the Blasters but what a cracking contest we've witnessed! Low full toss from around the wicket and it's a bit too straight on middle and leg stump. Manvanth holds his ground and whips it with all might, finding the vacant spaces square on the leg-side even as he doesn't time it well enough. The ball races along to the ropes and that will do for the Tigers. Hubli Tigers snatch victory in the third Super Over! Let that sink in!

0.5 Kranthi-Kumar to Manish Pandey, goes for the wide yorker and it's a low full toss outside the tramline. Pandey jams his bat out this time though and connects, squeezing it out to sweeper cover for one

0.4 Kranthi-Kumar to Manish Pandey, OOH! Banged into the track outside the off stump. Pandey looks to upper-cut it over third man but is done in by the extra bounce. Called one for the over but Pandey is livid as he demands a wide! And rightly so - that was clearly above his head!

0.3 Kranthi-Kumar to Manvanth Kumar L, low full toss outside the off stump. Manvanth mistimes this one even as he gives it everything. Bunts it down to long off and hands it over to the skipper

0.2 Kranthi-Kumar to Manvanth Kumar L, FOUR! SMACKED DOWN THE GROUND! Misses the mark with the yorker outside the off stump does Kranthi and he cops the price as well. Manvanth winds up, clears his front foot and mows it through the line as it rockets flat past the bowler en route to the fence

0.1 Kranthi-Kumar to Manvanth Kumar L, wide of off stump on a length. Manvanth reaches out and slices it up and over the covers. Shubhang tidies up in the deep as the batters run two

The excitement is palpable as we get set for the final set of deliveries in this contest. Manvanth Kumar L and Manish Pandey are padded up and ready to get these runs for the Tigers. Kranthi Kumar, who bowled a magnificent final over last evening against the Mangaluru Dragons, has been tasked with sealing the deal for the Blasters. Around the wicket to the left-handed Manvanth - here we go...

How about that for a strike! And that could well be the hit that gives the Blasters two points today. Having lost a wicket first ball in the third Super Over (no, you're not imagining things - it is a third Super Over), they've managed to post a decent score. Now who takes guard for the Tigers?

0.6 Manvanth Kumar L to Shubhang Hegde, SIX! WHAT A RIDICULOUSLY GOOD SHOT! Full outside the off stump and Shubhang gives it everything as he leans forward and carves it up and over point. There is a man by the ropes but the ball clears him comfortably. Bengaluru Blasters set Hubli Tigers a target of 13 now!

0.5 Manvanth Kumar L to Suraj Ahuja, back of a length outside the off stump. Ahuja flat-bats it down the ground to long off who is quick to ensure the batters cannot return for the second

0.4 Manvanth Kumar L to Suraj Ahuja, good length ball outside the off stump. Ahuja belts it without the best of timing but manages to clear Nischith at extra cover who then catches up with it. Two runs taken!

0.3 Manvanth Kumar L to Shubhang Hegde, full outside the off stump. Shubhang leans forward and slices it flat over point before Aneeshwar Gautam tidies up in the deep