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Northern Knights vs Otago In Super Smash 2025-26: Unique shots and new bowling actions are seen every day in T20 cricket. A similar different scene was seen on Sunday, January 4, 2026, during a match in New Zealand’s domestic T20 tournament Super Smash 2025-26. Retiring out has now become common in T20 cricket, but this is the first time that multiple players have been retired out in one innings. Something similar was seen during the match played between Northern Knights vs Otago, when the Northern Knights team was chasing the target of 167 runs.
2 players retired out in one innings of T20 match
In the match played between Northern Knights vs Otago, at one time during the run chase, the score of Northern Knights was 109 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 16 overs and the team needed 58 runs to win in the last 4 overs. Jeet Rawal was playing a very slow innings scoring 23 runs on 27 balls. After which, as soon as Jeet Raval played the dot on the first ball of the 17th over, he decided to retire out, so that the coming batsman could score fast runs and lead the team to victory. Captain Ben Pomare, who came to bat at number six, started scoring runs rapidly and hit two fours in the first four balls. Xavier Bell, present at the other end, was also not looking in good form, he was playing after scoring 9 runs on 13 balls. Inspired by Jeet Raval, he also decided to retire out on the first ball of the 18th over. In this way, it was seen for the first time in the history of T20 cricket, when more than one player was retired out in an innings.
The team did not win even after Raval and Bell retired.
The decision to retire both Jeet Raval and Xavier Bell also did not work for the team. Captain Ben Pomare scored 20 runs in 10 balls, while Scott Kuggeleijn played a quick inning of 34 runs in 12 balls. However, both of them could not win the team and the match ended in a tie. In this match, Northern Knights team was also able to reach the score of 166 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.