Highest last over chase in IPL: Highest run chase in last over in IPL history

Highest last over chase in IPL: The all-rounder and vice-captain of Gujarat Titans put together a match-winning partnership tonight.

During the 40th match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium, Gujarat Titans beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets to reclaim their position at the top of the points table.

Chasing a 196-run target, GT needed 47 runs in the last three overs to register their seventh victory of the season. With their specialist batters getting out, Gujarat thrived on the back of a match-winning 59-run sixth-wicket partnership between all-rounder Rahul Tewatia (40*) and vice-captain Rashid Khan (31*).

Needing as many as 22 runs in the last over being bowled by Marco Jansen, Tewatia and Khan hit one and three sixes to seal an emphatic chase tonight. While Tewatia batted with a strike rate of 190.47, Khan smashed four sixes at a strike rate of 281.81. Having conceded 45 runs in the first innings without picking a wicket, Khan made amends by a game-changing contribution with the bat in hand.

Before these two dominated the proceedings, Hyderabad got off to a brilliant start on the back of wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha contributing with 68 (38) with the help of 11 fours and a six.

Tewatia and Khan’s heroic 24-ball partnership meant that SRH pacer Umran Malik’s (4-0-25-5) maiden T20 five-wicket would result in a losing cause.

Highest last over chase in IPL (table has been updated)

Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Year
29	Kolkata Knight Riders	Gujarat Titans	Ahmedabad	2023
23	Rising Pune Super Giant	Punjab Kings	Vizag	2016
22	Gujarat Titans	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mumbai	2022
21	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata Knight Riders	Johannesburg	2009
21	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	2011

 

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