Sherfane Rutherford

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sherfane Rutherford

• Sherfane Rutherford started playing cricket at the young age of six for the village team of Enmore.

  

• He made his first-class debut on 15 April 2017 for Guyana against the Windward Islands at Providence, Rhode Island, New England in the 2016–17 Regional Four-Day Competition.

• In June 2018, he got selected to play for West Indies B in the Global T20 Canada tournament. He was the highest runscorer for West Indies B and scored 230 runs in eight matches.

  

• In the 2018 T10 Cricket League, he scored 46 runs off 21 balls for Bengal Tigers.

• He scored 2 runs off 6 deliveries in his first T20I match for West Indies against Bangladesh on 22 December 2018.

• In December 2018, Delhi Capitals acquired him for Rs 2 crore in the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.

• In 2019, the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) traded Mayank Markande to Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rutherford.

  

• In a 2020 Pakistan Super League (PSL) match for Karachi Kings, he was spotted wearing gloves of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) after which many fans criticised him for not wearing Kings’ gloves.

  

• He went unsold in the 2021 IPL auction for his base price of Rs 75 lakh. He later joined SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) as a replacement player for the English player Jonny Bairstow during the second leg of IPL 2021 in Dubai.

• He later left the IPL 2021 midway to join his family after the death of his father.

• In the 2022 IPL mega auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) acquired Rutherford for his base price of Rs 1 crore. He was released by RCB before the 2023 IPL auction where he later went unsold.

• In an ILT20 Tournament match for Desert Vipers, he hit 5 consecutive sixes in an over bowled by Yusuf Pathan, playing for Dubai Capitals.

• In the final match of the GT20 Canada 2023 tournament, he scored 38 runs from 29 balls for the Montreal Tigers against Surrey Jaguars. He won Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards and was given half-acre land in the USA. ^[1]India Today

• He scored 6 runs in 3 balls during his debut ODI match for West Indies against England.

  

• Rutherford was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 1.50 crore in the 2024 IPL Auction, held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on 19 December 2023.

• On 6 December 2023, he scored his first ODI half-century for West Indies against England with 63 runs in 80 balls.

  

• He made his debut ODI fifty on 13 February 2024 for West Indies against Australia with 67 runs not out in 40 balls at a strike rate of 167.50.

  

• In March 2024, he left the PSL season 9 midway due to family commitments.

• He often drinks alcohol and wine during parties or celebrations.