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A bizarre collision in the middle of the pitch during a Sheffield Shield 2026-27 match today, on November 13 at The Gabba. Tasmanian Tigers batters Nikhil Chaudhary and Matthew Kuhnemann collided with each other in the middle of the pitch while attempting to take a single.
Collisions between two players during a cricket match have taken place on multiple occasions. In most cases, the collisions were between two fielders in an attempt to take catches. But today, what happened in the Sheffield Shield match is a rare occurrence: a collision between two batters.
Bizarre collision of batters in a Sheffield Shield match
Tasmanian Tigers were needed to rotate strike badly to stay in the match. As they were already reduced by a few wickets, the pressure was completely on the middle and lower-middle order batters. So, Nikhil Chaudhary and Matthew Kuhnemann were desperate to get runs on the board for the team against the Queensland Bulls.
On Day 3 of the multi-day match, Tigers were struggling to craft a fruitful partnership to challenge the opposing team. The partnership between Nikhil Chaudhary and Matthew Kuhnemann came as a ray of hope for the Tigers. Against a spinner, Nikhil flicked off the off-stump and instantly took off from his crease to take a single. Matthew, who was on the non-striker's end, also started to run. Both of the batters took a look at the rolling ball and continued running without noticing each other's running path.
This was how Nikhil Chaudhary and Matthew Kuhnemann crashed into each other
When both of the team realised they were on each other's line, it was too late. At the last moment, both batters tried to avoid the collision, but did not manage to do so. They crashed against each other and fell on the ground. That particular moment, however, did not cause any harm to the Tasmanian Tigers as the ball touched the boundary line, adding four valuable runs to the scoreboard.
The batters, Nikhil Chaudhary and Matthew Kuhnemann, were also safe and fine at the end of that ball's play. More than the match, that moment of collision caught cricket fans' attention on the internet.
Tasmania's Chaudhary and Kuhnemann collide mid-run while trying to save the game against Queensland at the Gabba 😬 #QLDvTAS https://t.co/8776SmGvLs
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 13, 2026
Queensland Bulls are nearing a win in the match
At the end of the innings, Tasmanin Tigers got 233 runs, exact hundred runs extra in compare to their first innings. Nikhil Chaudhary played a major role with the bat, scoring 63 off 91 balls with seven 4s, and Matthew Kuhnemann claimed 32 off 99 balls. He smashed four 4s in his knock.
Tom Straker took 4 wickets in the innings for Queensland Bulls, while Cameron Gannon and Mitch Swepson claimed a brace each. After the Tasmanian Tigers' second-innings batting, the Bulls are favourites to win the match as they will have to score only 19 runs to win it. In the first innings, they scored 348 runs with half-centuries from Hugo Burdon (70 off 148), Jack Clayton (52 off 100), and Hugh Weibgen (89 off 172).
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