Mumbai Indians have started taking major decisions first in the ‘trade game’. After Shardul Thakur, MI has traded the dreaded West Indies batsman Sherfan Rutherford to Gujarat Titans. Last season, Rutherford was included in their squad by Gujarat Titans by paying a sum of Rs 2.6 crores. Mumbai Indians have added him to their team from Gujarat by paying the same amount.
Sherfan Rutherford scored 291 runs in 13 matches for Gujarat in IPL 2025. His strike rate was more than 157. Let us tell you that Rutherford has also played for Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore before this.
Sherfan Rutherford is the second player whom MI has traded to another team before IPL 2026. A few hours before that, MI franchise has confirmed the trade of Shardul Thakur. Thakur will leave LSG and play for Mumbai Indians next season. Thakur played for Lucknow Super Giants last season.
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Rutherford has so far scored 397 runs in his 23-match IPL career. His total strike rate is 137.37. Let us tell you that Rutherford has played for Mumbai Indians before also. While playing for MI in season 2020, he scored 73 runs in 7 matches.
If we look at his international career, Sherfan Rutherford has so far scored 588 runs in 44 T20 matches for West Indies. His total strike rate in T20 International matches has been 137.38. Apart from this, he has 656 runs in his name in 19 ODI matches. So far in international cricket, Rutherford has scored one century and 9 half-centuries for the Caribbean team.
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