Andre Russell gets run out in unluckiest way possible with ball hitting stumps at both ends

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell was dismissed in a bizarre fashion on Friday (January 21) in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Minister Group Dhaka (MGD) and Khulna Tigers. 

The extraordinary run out happened on the final ball of the 15th over. While facing Khulna’s bowler Thisara Perera, MGD all-rounder Russell played a shot towards the third man region and ran to take a single. Mahedi Hasan’s throw that was directed towards striker’s end hit the stumps but did not create any trouble as MGD skipper Mahmudullah had reached the striker’s end successfully. 

Crazy dismissal

But the craziest thing happened after that as the ball hit the stumps at striker’s end before ricocheting off to the non-striker’s end.

The West Indies all-rounder had no clue about the trajectory of the ball as he was slowly running towards the stumps on his side. But the ball eventually hit the stumps and dismissed Russell as he was pretty well short of his crease.

Previously, MGD’s opening batsman Mohammad Shahzad was also a victim of a run out and departed scoring 42 runs off 27 balls.

Another opening batsman, Tamim Iqbal scored a half century (50 runs off 42 balls).

Russell tried to settle in after hitting a six but was a victim of an unfortunate run out as he was sent back to the dressing room scoring just 7 runs.

Skipper Mahmudullah’s 39 runs off 20 balls helped his side in reaching a total of 183 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.

For Khulna Tigers, their bowler Kamrul Islam picked up three wickets.

Fletcher's solid start

In reply, Tigers opener Andre Fletcher started the innings on a positive note as he scored 45 runs off 23 balls. Later, Rony Talukdar scored a half century (61 runs off 42 deliveries) to help his side in reaching a comfortable position in the run chase.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera eventually played a superb knock of 36 runs off just 18 balls to guide his side to a 5-wicket victory. Perera smashed 6 boundaries in his innings.

Khulna Tigers reached the target in the penultimate over only after losing 5 of their batsmen.