Mumbai: In one of the most head-scratching moments of IPL 2026 so far, Cameron Green found himself walking back to the pavilion in utter disbelief, even though it looked like his partner Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the one in trouble.
Chasing a stiff 227-run target set by Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders had raced to a flying start. But on the last ball of the sixth over, everything went haywire. SRH’s Ehsan Malinga sent down a full-length delivery. Young Raghuvanshi went for the drive, only for the ball to hit the bowler’s boot and trickle back onto the pitch. Both batsmen instinctively set off for a quick single.
Malinga pounced, scooped up the ball and whipped off the bails at the striker’s end. At that instant, Green was still charging towards the batting end while Raghuvanshi hadn’t quite made it past him. The umpires consulted and delivered the verdict that left everyone stunned: Green was run out. Why? Because the batsmen had not crossed each other. Under the laws, until they do, both are considered to be at the end they started from — leaving the Australian all-rounder short at the bowler’s end.
Raghuvanshi, who had already started walking off thinking he was gone, was saved by the rulebook. Green simply shook his head, unable to believe his luck had run out so strangely. The entire stadium fell into a stunned silence before erupting in a mix of gasps and applause for the razor-sharp fielding.
SRH, who picked up two crucial run-outs in the innings, suddenly had the momentum swinging their way again. For KKR, it was a cruel reminder of how one split-second mix-up can change the script in this high-octane league. As one fan put it on social media, “Mix-up, confusion… and again!” — exactly what the IPL account posted moments later.