It was a comedic mix-up between Rutherford and Tewatia.
Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya showed off his brilliant fielding skills during Saturday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash against Gujarat Titans (GT) with a sensational run out of Rahul Tewatia.
During the 19th over, Deepak Chahar’s fuller-length ball was hit straight to mid-off by Sherfane Rutherford. He called for a quick single before sending back Tewatia, who was well outside the crease at the non-striker’s end.
That’s when Pandya pounced on the chance and lit up the stumps at the bowler’s end before Tewatia could land his bat inside the line. Rutherford still thought the single was on, but the umpire had already sent it to the Third umpire, making the ball dead.
As a result, Tewatia had to return to the dug-out without facing a single ball, and consequently, without scoring any runs.
It was a strange coincidence that Tewatia was run out in the first game against Punjab Kings. Tewatia was backing up way too far at the non-striker’s end as Arshdeep Singh managed to get fingertips on the ball to rattle the timber behind him.
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The run-out shook things up for the Gujarat Titans, who looked cruising at 179/4 in 18 overs. Soon after Tewatia’s wicket, Rutherford launched Chahar over the covers as Mitchell Santner placed himself well to complete a catch.
Two deliveries ago, it was in-form B Sai Sudarshan who was sent back by death-overs master Trent Boult. He trapped him leg-before with a superb toecrusher on the leg-stump.
Kagiso Rabada managed to smack Chahar for a six. But Andhra pacer Satyanarayana Raju’s slower-ball tactic turned out to be a mixed bag.
Despite bowling a dot, three wides and giving away a bye and a six, the youngster managed to take the pace off the ball and dropped down to 102 kmph. It gained him two wickets of Rashid Khan and Rabada as GT finished at 196/8 in 20 overs.
In reply, MI lost Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickleton within the powerplay and were reduced to 48/2 in six overs. India pacer Mohammed Siraj got both the wickets.
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