Watch: Mumbai Indians new recruit Sherfane Rutherford smashing 4s and 6s during WI vs NZ match

An eye-soothing sight for Mumbai Indians fans ahead of the IPL 2026 season. Their new recruit Sherfane Rutherford was in terrific form during the New Zealand vs. West Indies (NZ vs. WI) 1st ODI at the Hagley Oval. For the West Indies, Rutherford appeared as the highest-scoring individual. 

The West Indies won the toss and decided to field first. The Windies pace bowling attack led by Jayden Seales and Matthew Forde did well by taking some crucial wickets, but it was New Zealand hard hitter Daryl Mitchell who captured the spotlight in the first innings of the game. Mitchell played a 119 off 118 and was named as the best player of the match. With the brilliant hundred, the home team registered 269 in exchange for 7 wickets in 50 overs. 

270 was a chaseable target for the second batting team, which was West Indies. The match was evenly balanced between two teams, as the West Indies batting lineup was performing well, almost equally. In the end, New Zealand won the match by only 7 runs. 

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Watch glimpses of Sherfane Rutherford's batting vs NZ here

During the run chase, Sherfane Rutherford walked into the middle as the number 5 batter and scored 55 off 61. He smashed three 4s and three 6s to fight against the NZ bowlers. But that individual knock proved not enough to overcome the hurdle. 

Mumbai Indians squad ahead of IPL 2026 auction: 

Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (T), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (T), Sherfane Rutherford (T), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, and Will Jacks.

Total spent: INR 122.25
Cap remaining: INR 2.75