ZIM vs IND | Twitter in splits as bail teases Raza with hope before gently falling off after direct-hit

07/14/2024

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‌Most batters in the world would have no second thoughts in declaring run-outs as the worst form of dismissal but Sikandar Raza's must have hurt him extra on Sunday due to its absurd nature. The Zimbabwean seemed to have survived a run-out threat in Harare, unaware it was to be a slow painful death.

India seemed on-course to register a fourth straight win in the series after putting Zimbabwe severely under the pump during their chase of 168. The hosts' hopes largely relied on skipper Sikandar Raza to pull off a surprise victory with some heroics but the veteran's knock came to an unfortunate end in a slightly comical fashion.

On the fourth ball of the 14th over, Raza swept a Ravi Bishnoi length delivery to fine leg towards Shivam Dube. Johnathan Campbell immediately sprinted towards the striker's end for a single but his captain hesitated before committing to the run, offering the Men in Blue a chance to affect a run out. The southpaw cleanly picked up the Kookaburra and slung a throw towards the danger end and the Kookaburra bounced off the deck before going past the stumps with no visible damage. Raza must have heaved a sigh of relief but in hilarious fashion, a bail slowly slid off the stumps as replays showed the white rock had grazed the polls, sending the Indian team into jubilation.

Twitterati expressed missed sentiments about the dismissal.

Crazy communications

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— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078) July 14, 2024

Lucky

India got lucky with that Sikandar Raza run out, he could have pushed us.
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) July 14, 2024

Noice

Run out dube------raza🙂😂
— Shrii🤍 (@mostlyshrii) July 14, 2024

Superb

What an throw by Shivam Dube Sikandar Raza run out on 8(12)

Gill and Team Player were laughing yeh kese ho gaya 🤣#ShubmanGill #INDvsZIM pic.twitter.com/4oxd5L3JEp
— JassPreet (@JassPreet96) July 14, 2024

Gone

Sikandar Raza is run out by Dube 🔥🔥

Dube also takes wickets of Myers and Campbell 🔥🔥
— vishal kumar (@vishalsah1986) July 14, 2024

Yup

Raza is behaving in a very naive manner. He was shaking his head on the ball before when Campbell rejected a single that would have resulted in a run-out, & on the very next ball, Campbell had to run because of Raza’s behaviour and Raza got runout. #ZIMvIND #cricket
— mvamv (@amv_amv) July 14, 2024

Gone

Big loss for Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 😢

A massive wicket gone 💔

Wicket..

Sikandar Raza gets run out for 8 (12)#ZIMvIND #ShubmanGill #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/Bcov3jFoAS
— Sa HiB (LQ) (@SaHib__143) July 14, 2024

This is big

Raza run out pic.twitter.com/2rAPcq4zj7
— mohsinali (@mohsinaliisb) July 14, 2024

It somehow managed

#IndvZim RUN OUT!!

Raza is gone... The ball just managing to remove the bails...

Zimbabwe 87/5 pic.twitter.com/q53ppglEeg
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) July 14, 2024

Another one