0/2 in Super Over: Bahrain record first T20I instance with no runs in tied game against Hong Kong | Cricket News

For the first time in 16 years since the Super Over was first used as a tie-breaker in a T20I match, Bahrain bore the ignominy of not scoring a single run in the one-over shootout during a clash against Hong Kong in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
In a match that went down to the wire to set a rare piece of T20I hory during the Malaysia Tri-Nation series, Hong Kong crawled to 129 for seven batting first after winning the toss. In their reply, Bahrain got off to a quick start with openers Fiaz Ahmed and Prashant Kurup racing to 30 within the first four overs. However, Hong Kong stubbed the scoring rate with regular wickets, leaving Bahrain five down for 67.
Skipper Ahmer bin Nasir then led a late recovery that put his side within 13 runs of victory in the last over. Nasir levelled the scores with a six off medium pacer Nasrulla Rana on the penultimate ball before being caught his counterpart Zeeshan Ali behind the stumps off the final delivery, ending the game in a tie.
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Returning for the Super Over, Nasir could not open the scoring again as Hong Kong’s veteran off-spinner Ehsan Khan removed him and Sohail Ahmed from successive deliveries. As per ICC’s T20I playing conditions the ‘Super Over Procedure’ states: “The loss of two wickets shall end the batting team’s one over innings.”
Hong Kong then romped to victory off the third ball in the Super Over with Babar Hayat hitting the winning runs. The tie was the 33rd men’s T20I match to be decided a Super Over. Interestingly, it was the first time Bahrain finished on the losing side of a Super Over after having succeeded twice before. Bahrain holds the joint-record of featuring in most T20I Super Overs among Associate Nations, alongside Qatar, United States and Kuwait.
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