Watch: Suryakumar Yadav, Cameramen produce hilarious gully cricket moment with confused hunt for lost ball
Published - 01 May 2025, 11:53 PM | Updated - 01 May 2025, 11:55 PM

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Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav had a sensational outing in the game against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur hosted the games between the two teams.
Suryakumar Yadav was exceptional with the bat as he played an instrumental role in the Mumbai Indians posting a big total on the board. While his innings were sensational, he made the headlines for his antics in the second innings when the ball got lost.
Three Mumbai Indians players searched for the ball as it got lost
On the third ball of the 9th over, when Karn Sharma was bowling to Dhruv Jurel and the batter hit a massive six. He played a fine inside-out hit over extra-cover and was a flat six that went all the way. However, after that, there was a massive delay in the play.
This was because the ball got lost near the photographers. Three Mumbai Indians players searched for the ball, but even after their effort, they didn't find it. Things turned more bizarre when Suryakumar Yadav kept searching for the ball and wasn't aware of what was happening.
Suryakumar Yadav was so lost in searching for the ball that he didn't realise that the bowler had already chosen the second ball. However, in what was another bizarre thing, the old then was also found.
Watch: Suryakumar Yadav's bizarre ball-finding act goes viral during RR vs MI
Here's the video:
POV: boys searching for the ball in gully cricket 🏐🔍
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Mumbai Indians registered their sixth straight win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025
Coming to the match, Mumbai Indians registered their sixth straight win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 as they beat Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.
Asked to bat, Mumbai Indians were off to a dream start with the bat as openers in Rohit Sharma (53) and Ryan Rickelton (61) continued their golden form. The duo started off slow, but once they got used to the conditions, they were all over the opposition with their 116-run opening partnership.
After that, Suryakumar Yadav (48*) and skipper Hardik Pandya (48*) played valuable hands as well. They stitched unbeaten 94 runs for the third wicket as Mumbai posted a gigantic total of 217 for two.
Mumbai bowlers then were all over the Rajasthan batters in the chase. Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult picked wickets with the new ball, and also Jasprit Bumrah chipped in asthe Rajasthan Royals were left tottering at 47 for five inside five overs.
Mumbai Indians bowlers kept chipping in with wickets as the top and middle order ofthe Rajasthan Royals had a miserable outing. Jofra Archer (30) hit some blows in the end to entertain the crowd, but the target was too much as Mumbai bundled out Rajasthan for 117 to win the game by 100 runs.
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