Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) pacer and capable lower-order batsman, Chris Jordan, defended himself after receiving flak over social media and from pundits for taking the longer route for the second run during the multiple super over face-off with Mumbai Indians (MI) last Sunday (October 18). 

With two needed to win off the final delivery, Jordan set off for a double but having reached the non-striker's end, the England cricketer curiously took a wider route back, only to fall short and get run-out for the match to end in a tie. 

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And even though Jordan did relieve himself to an extent with an excellent second super-over with the ball in his team's win, his running left quite a few wondering whether the earnest cricketer got his basics right under pressure. 

However, Jordan has now explained why he went circular, adding that he wasn't in the best situation to run back straight. 

"I know watching from the outside, that route I took to come back for the second looked baffling," Jordan told Wisden.com. "But I actually lost my footing on my turn at the non-striker’s end. If I’d tried to go back in the same direction I definitely would have slipped up and fallen down."

"I changed my line to get back to the other end and almost made it; the ball hit my foot on the way too so I thought it deflected which is why I didn’t dive, and it was just short," he added. 

Similar sort of hiccup involving Jordan versus Delhi Capitals (DC) had triggered another super over. He was out caught off the last ball with a single run needed. At the time, KXIP ended up on losing side. Hence, the 32-year-old was just happy that the outcome was different versus MI. 

"When that happens, you’re thinking: ‘Not again’. It happened in the first game against Delhi, where I creamed one, middle of the bat, [Kagiso] Rabada takes a screamer and we draw that game and lose that super over," he said.