WATCH: RCB’s Anuj Rawat pulls off MS Dhoni-like run out against Rajasthan Royals

Rawat’s way of pulling off the dismissal was a bit similar to the famous MS Dhoni’s no-look runout of Ross Taylor where the formed India captain had dislodged the bails without even looking at the stumps.

WATCH: RCB’s Anuj Rawat pulls off MS Dhoni-like run out against Rajasthan Royals

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat pulled off a brilliant run out during his team’s game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday. The young wicketkeeper showed great presence of mind to catch R Ashwin a few inches short of his popping crease. Rawat’s way of pulling off the dismissal was a bit similar to the famous MS Dhoni’s no-look runout of Ross Taylor where the formed India captain had dislodged the bails without even looking at the stumps.

As Shimron Hetmyer played a shot against Karn Sharma towards the sweeper cover and tried to sneak in a double so that he could be on the strike to face the next ball, the RR batter put his partner Ashwin in trouble. Ashwin who is a tad slow between the wickets found it hard to make it in time. But it was more of Rawat’s game awareness that yielded RCB a wicket. 

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The RCB wicketkeeper seeing there was no one at the non-striker’s end to collect the throw from Mohammed Siraj, ran quickly and took his wicketkeeping gloves off. Rawat then cheekily directed the ball onto the stumps to catch Ashwin a few inches short of his crease. 

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Fans were also quick to point out the similarity with MS Dhoni’s run out.

Anuj Rawat also shines with the bat in hand!

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While this runout from Anuj Rawat caught the attention of many, it was icing on the cake from the RCB lad. Earlier, while batting, Rawat played a quick cameo (29* off 11) at the fag end of the innings to propel RCB to an above-par total. The young batter hit two sixes and a boundary on the last three balls of the RCB innings. 

This knock from Rawat helped RCB finish with a few more runs than they had anticipated. His teammate Michael Bracewell who was at the other end, heaped praise on Rawat for his cameo. “It was a difficult wicket to get going. The way he batted, he gave us a lot of momentum going into the second innings,” said Bracewell. Notably, RCB went on to win the match by 112 runs as RR were bundled out for a mere 59.

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