Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royal performed the historic 1,000th match on Sunday with the Rohit Sharma-led group defeating the Royals in a high-scoring match. Rajasthan Royals misplaced the match, however a catch by its bowler Sandeep Sharma attracted plenty of consideration with some individuals even calling it the most effective catch of the IPL historical past.
The sensible catch by Sandeep Sharma got here as Suryakumar Yadav tried to drag a shot off Trent Boult’s ball. Sandeep Sharma chased the ball for possibly round 15 meters, stretched his arms for the ball, took the catch, and stored holding to the ball even after falling and sliding on the bottom.
“Has he cleared the fielder? I feel he has, oh what a catch! That is going to be one of many catches of the season,” on-air commentator Harsha Bhogle could not conceal his pleasure over the marvelous catch he simply witnessed.
IPL’s official Twitter deal with shared the video of the catch and the video is doing rounds on social media with cricket followers expressing their awe on the sight and a few even dubbing it as the most effective catch within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
With the assistance of some stunning knocks by Suryakumar Yadav and Tim David, Mumbai Indians defeated the robust Rajasthan Royals by six wickets. This was one other IPL thriller the place 15 runs had been wanted within the final over and Tim David smashed three consecutive sixes to take the sport house.
“I’m feeling wonderful. It’s wonderful to recover from the road. Nothing higher. This season I’ve been sitting you (Tilak Varma) and Suryakumar Yadav smacking it round, so I’m sorry, I’m so excited for having an influence and placing in a efficiency for the group. And it’s in fact in regards to the confidence of getting you on the different finish,” Tim David mentioned in a video posted by IPL.