Former Australian pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has taken his retirement from international cricket but he is still a part of IPL. Last night he showed the world that there is plenty of cricket let in him with the way he bowled and made that stunning run out of R Jadeja.
Johnson bowled a short of length ball to Karthik who could not time it well enough on the leg side due to the pace on the ball. The ball hit the pitch and remained there. In the meantime, the batting pair decided to take a quick single.
This was always a risky move but the two went for it. Jadeja and Johnson went towards the batting end at the same time and when Johnson reached near the ball, Jadeja was right beside him running to reach the batting line.
At that point, the only choice left with Johnson was to kick the ball onto the stumps. There was no time left for him to pick the ball up and then throw it to the stumps. So he went for the only option and kicked the ball towards the stumps.
He was lucky that the ball hit the timber and when the LED inside the wickets flashed Jadeja was miles behind the line. He went straight towards the dressing room knowing that fact that he was out.
The infield umpire referred the case to the third umpire but Jadeja did not wait for the decision and went out. Later the third umpire confirmed the dismissal as well. This was some amazing cricket and football skills shown by the Australian. Glenn Maxwell looked pretty excited over this run out from his former teammate.
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