CAPE TOWN: Yusuf Pathan slammed 18 runs off four balls as the Rajasthan Royals snatched victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders in a ‘super over’ after their Indian Premier League match ended in a tie at Newlands on Thursday. Kolkata needed seven to win off the last over, bowled by left-arm fast bowler Kamran Khan. After starting the over with a wide, Khan, 18, dismissed Sourav Ganguly for 46 with his fifth ball. With two needed to win off the last ball, Ishant Sharma hit a fierce drive which was parried by Royals captain Shane Warne at cover. The batsmen ran one but Sharma was run out attempting the winning run. Khan was entrusted with the ‘super over’ and was struck for three successive fours by Chris Gayle as the Knight Riders scored 15-1, with Gayle caught off the last ball. Ajantha Mendis, who took 2-19 in the match, bowled the ‘super over’ for Kolkata but Pathan hit him for 6, 2, 6, 4 as the defending champions celebrated their first win of the 2009 tournament. Chasing a modest total of 150-6, Kolkata twice seemed headed for victory. Gayle was in imperious form as he hit 41 off 33 balls. The pendulum swung to the Royals with 44 needed off 25 balls. But Ganguly slammed a no-ball from Munaf Patel for six, then made use of the free hit off the next ball to thrash another six. With the target reduced to 31 off 24 balls, Ganguly seemed set to take Kolkata home before chasing a wide ball from Khan to be caught behind.