If there is one sentence or statement that entirely sums up Rahul Tewatia's brave comeback on Sunday night is Andy Dufresne's same line, "Hope is a good thing, maybe best of things and no good thing ever dies", from 1994 classic The Shawshank Redemption.

Rajasthan Royals made an unconventional move after Steve Smith's dismissal in the team's chase to 224 in Sharjah. Head coach Andrew McDonald had sent Tewatia at No.4 with the job "to hit sixes off the leg-spinner". But not only did he struggle against Ravi Bishnoi, he also failed to draw runs of Glenn Maxwell. The U-19 leg-spinner had pulled off the similar strategy that had dented Rishabh Pant's effort against him in their opener last week, leaving Tewatia gasping for breath on a ground where sixes and fours were being scored at will. What even added to his woe was that Sanju Samson on the other end was bearing the entire load of the run chase.
Miles away, on a different zone, 'Tewatia' began trending on Twitter. People were mocking him, asking him to leave the field. CricViz showed a negative batting impact of Tewatia while most veteran cricketers including Aakash Chopra called for destigmatisation of retired hurt in a bid to tactically allow the struggling batsman to go bat to the pavilion at will allowing another, a better-placed teammate at the crease.