IPL: Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders win in super overs

Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders won Sunday’s Indian Premier League games in thrilling super overs.

Kings XI Punjab beat holders Mumbai Indians as the IPL witnessed a second super over for the first time after skipper K.L. Rahul’s heroics on Sunday.

In the early game at Abu Dhabi, New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson made an instant impact in his first appearance in this season’s IPL with an overall 5-wicket haul as Kolkata Knight Riders also edged out Sunrisers Hyderabad in a super over.

Ferguson took 3-15 in the regulation 20-over game and then held the opposition to two runs in the super over when he also bowled David Warner and Abdul Samad within the first three balls.

Kolkata notched the required three runs within four balls off ace leg spinner Rashid Khan to record their fifth win in the tournament and stayed fourth in the table.

Earlier, Kolkata captain Eoin Morgan scored 34 off 23 balls and Dinesh Karthik made an undefeated 29 off 14 deliveries to lift their team’s total.

Both batsmen took charge against Hyderabad pace bowlers Thangarasu Natarajan (2-40) and Basil Thampi (1-46) in the last five overs that gave Kolkata 58 vital runs.