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Rahul Gets Lucky Escape After ‘Comedy Of Errors’ & Fans Be Like ‘Kismat Ho To Aisi’


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Comedy of errors – there is no better word to describe the incident that transpired between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant during India’s innings in the second ODI against South Africa at Boland Park, Paarl.

With the series on the line, everyone expected the visitors to bounce back in style and put up a strong performance in order to keep the series alive.

Getting into the groove

A big knock on the cards for captain @klrahul11 #TeamIndia #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/at8FUtZnzd

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 21, 2022

But the touring party almost shot itself in the foot when a huge mix-up between Rahul and Pant provided South Africa with a golden opportunity to tighten their grip on the proceedings.

India had already lost two in-form batters in Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli within a span of seven balls and would have lost their skipper as well, had the South African fielders not decided to be too generous to come to their rescue.

pic.twitter.com/XbiOphDTar

— Hardik (@Hardik_Sedani) January 21, 2022

In the 15th over of the innings, the two Indian batters had a horrible mix-up and were left stranded at the same end. After pushing the ball to the on-side, Pant immediately called for a quick single but rather than looking at his partner he took his eyes off him and almost led to his dismissal.

By the time the wicketkeeper-batter could relay his message, Rahul had already reached the striker’s end. Eleven out of 10 times, it would have been out but the Indian captain had the rub of the green and that saved his wicket. There was no other way to explain that.

Comedy of errors #INDvsSA #kholi #runout #comedy #SAvsIND pic.twitter.com/qpeh0RhnFr

— Professionalsportsfans (@PROFSPOFANS) January 21, 2022

What could have been the simplest of run outs, turned out to be one of the greatest escapes of all-time, all thanks to two Proteas players’ brain-fade moments within a couple of seconds.

The Proteas skipper collected the ball fair and square and threw it towards Keshav Maharaj at the bowler’s end, who had all the time in his life to clip the bails. All he had to do was collect the ball cleanly but guess what -- he failed to do just that.

What was that ???

Remembered our school days !!#INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/sTnKELUOp5

— Ayaskant (@magnetic1ce) January 21, 2022

The ball then went towards the mid-off region where Andile Phehlukwayo made a complete hash of it which allowed the Indian captain to return back to the bowler’s end.

Think that's the easiest run out missed of all-time?

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) January 21, 2022

Two batsman at one end, but the Proteas aren't able to pull off a run-out#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/HpNwUHU5CE

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) January 21, 2022

After the lucky escape, Rahul, who is otherwise known for his calm demeanor, was so pissed at Pant that he gave him a cold stare and even said a few words.

If we start compiling a list of the luckiest escapes of all-time, it would be hard to ignore this incident which proves what we witnessed was such a rare sight. Escapes like these happen only once in a blue moon and Rahul was lucky to be the beneficiary.


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