Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Sherfane Rutherford will leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) bio-bubble and return home as his father passed away.
“The #SRH family conveys its heartfelt condolences to Sherfane Rutherford and his family on the passing away of his father. Sherfane will be leaving the IPL bio-bubble to be with his family in this difficult hour,” the franchise wrote on Twitter.
Sherfane Rutherford shined in CPL 2021
Rutherford who went unsold in the auction came in as a replacement for Jonny Bairstow. The English batsman opted to withdraw from the UAE leg of the lucrative league owing to personal reasons. Rutherford looked in great touch in the recently-concluded Caribbean Premier League. He is an attacking middle-order batsman and has played for Mumbai Indians and Delhi capitals in IPL before. He scored 262 runs at an average of 37.42 and struck 3 fifties, helping St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to win their first title.
“In life, death is always the hardest thing and sometimes I ask why it happens. But, only God knows why but my dad has now left me for a lifetime. My heart is broken am definitely not the same anymore we had so many plans. I even send home my winning CPL top for you to wear and enjoy my success but it didn’t happen. God, I Pray that u take me through this I just can’t take it, it’s too hard like how can he leave without saying anything why why why,” Sherfane Rutherford wrote on Instagram.