In a freak dismissal at the Maharashtra Premier League, Puneri Bappa keeper Suraj Shinde hit both sets of stumps with one throw to run out Raigad Royals opener Harsh Mogaveera.
The incident occurred in the first over of Raigad Royals’ chase of 202 runs. Facing Ramakrishna Ghosh, Siddesh Veer attempted to flick the penultimate ball across his pads but missed, and the ball rolled toward wicketkeeper Suraj Shinde, who swiftly took aim at the stumps. As Veer scrambled back into his crease, having aborted the single, the ball struck the striker’s end, where Veer had already made his ground, before ricocheting to the stumps at the non-striker’s end. There, Veer’s opening partner Harsh Mogaveera, short of his crease, ended up run out for a duck.
After the early blow, the Royals suffered a collapse as they were bundled out for 103 in 13.1 overs as Nikit Dhumal picked up 5-39. Shinde had starred in the first innings as well, scoring an unbeaten 12-ball 40 for the Bappa after solid contributions from Yash Nahar (82 off 52) and Rushikesh Sonawane (58 off 40).
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Is this the first time someone has hit both wickets with one throw?
Not quite. Something similar happened in the 2022 Bangladesh Premier League when Andre Russell was at the receiving end of a similar bizarre dismissal. Playing for Minister Group Dhaka against Khulna Tigers, Russell set off for a single with the non-striker Mahmudullah seemingly in danger of being run out by a direct throw from Tanzid Hassan. Mahmudullah, however, made it to the crease in time as the ball disturbed the first set of stumps at the striker’s end and bounced down the pitch, cannoning into the sticks at the non-striker’s end to run Russell out instead.
Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding also pulled off a similar throw in 1976 against England, but the confused umpires on that occasion ended up ruling both batters not out.
What do the Laws say about the dismissal?
The dismissal is legitimised by MCC Law 38.4, which states that the batter out in such circumstances is "the one whose ground is at the end where the wicket is broken". Since Veer had safely returned to his crease, despite the ball hitting the stumps at the striker’s end, the ball remained in play until his broke the stumps at the non-striker's end. Thus, the umpire correctly ruled Mogaveera run out.
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