A fast and furious Lockie Ferguson produced one of the most incredible bowling performances of this Indian Premier League edition to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling Super Over win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.

Ferguson dismissed David Warner and Abdul Samad in the Super Over, leaving KKR with only a three run-target to chase. This was after David Warner’s unbeaten 47 and 18 runs off the final Andre Russell over saw Sunrisers level the scores at 163 with KKR in the stipulated 20 overs.

Ferguson was magnificent during the regulation 20 overs also as his 3/15 in four overs had SRH in all sorts of trouble. He bowled a first spell in which he dismissed Kane Williamson with a short ball, got rid of Priyam Garg with a slower one and saw the back of Manish Pandey with a yorker .

IPL 2020, SRH vs KKR as it happened: Ferguson’s brilliance helps KKR beat SRH in Super Over

His five wickets in the game got KKR the much-needed two points to take their tally to 10 while Sunrisers stay put on six points and are in serious danger of missing the play-offs.

Highlights of the Super Over

Earlier, ex-captain Dinesh Karthik and Eoin Morgan took KKR to 163/5 after being put into bat. Karthik (29 not out) and Morgan (34 off 23 balls) joined forces at 105/4 and added 58 runs in the last five overs after 150 was looking a tall-order at one stage.

Morgan’s innings had three fours and a flicked six over mid-wicket off Basil Thampi while Karthik hit a couple of sixes and equal number of boundaries.

T Natarajan (2/40) was the most successful bowler but it was Vijay Shankar (1/20 in 4 overs) who was the most economical.

Rahul Tripathi (23 off 15 balls) gave the first charge in the Powerplay as he hit Natarajan for a straight six and a pulled boundary while Shubman Gill (36 off 37 balls) struggled to time the ball, save an over from Thampi when he got three successive fours.

Tripathi couldn’t maintain the momentum as a cross-batted hoick off Natarajan only ended in the bails flying off. Nitish Rana (29 off 19 balls) looked in good nick after a gap of few games. He took on rival team’s best bowler Rashid Khan and deposited him for a six and also found a couple of boundaries.

But Gill’s inability to rotate strike did put KKR in a spot of bother as he tried an inside out lofted shot off Rashid. Priyam Garg, running towards his left from long-off, took a brilliant diving catch to dismiss him.

Gill’s dismissal was followed by Rana’s who mis-timed a shot off Vijay Shankar and was again caught by Garg, who ran forward to take a well-judged catch. Andre Russell’s (9 off 11 balls) season just got from bad to worse as his shot off Natarajan’’s slower one landed in the hands of Shankar at deep mid-wicket boundary.

Watch the match highlights

With PTI Inputs