{"id":44002,"date":"2026-02-11T15:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44002"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:32:55","slug":"afg-vs-sa-what-happens-if-the-super-over-is-tied-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/t20-world-cup\/afg-vs-sa-what-happens-if-the-super-over-is-tied-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"AFG vs SA: What happens if the Super Over is tied? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a nerve-shredding finish and a tied Super Over between Afghanistan and South Africa, the big question fans are asking is simple \u2014 what happens next if the Super Over ends level?<\/p>\n<h3>If the Super Over is tied\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>In ICC T20 World Cup playing conditions, if a Super Over finishes in a tie, <strong>another Super Over is played immediately<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no boundary count rule, no net run rate calculation, and no bowl-out in modern ICC tournaments. The teams simply continue playing additional Super Overs until a winner is decided.<\/p>\n<p>This rule was introduced after past controversies, most notably the 2019 ODI World Cup final between England and New Zealand, where boundary count determined the winner \u2014 a rule that was later scrapped.<\/p>\n<h3>How many Super Overs can be played?<\/h3>\n<p>There is <strong>no fixed limit<\/strong>. Teams will keep playing Super Overs until one side scores more runs than the other in a completed over.<\/p>\n<p>Each Super Over:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is one over per side (6 balls).<\/li>\n<li>A team is allowed three batters; if two wickets fall, the over ends.<\/li>\n<li>Bowlers cannot bowl two consecutive Super Overs.<\/li>\n<li>The fielding side can change bowlers for each Super Over, but the same bowler cannot bowl back-to-back overs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What this means for AFG vs SA<\/h3>\n<p>With the first Super Over ending tied at 17\u201317, both teams must now reset quickly \u2014 mentally and tactically \u2014 for another one-over shootout.<\/p>\n<p>It becomes less about skill and more about composure under pressure. One mistake, one misfield, or one yorker could decide it.<\/p>\n<p>And yes \u2014 it can keep going until someone finally pulls ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In short:<br \/>\nIf the Super Over is tied, <strong>we simply go again.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a nerve-shredding finish and a tied Super Over between Afghanistan and South Africa, the big question fans are asking\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":44003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4641],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-t20-world-cup"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44005,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002\/revisions\/44005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}