Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals played a historic 1000th match on Sunday with the Rohit Sharma-led side defeating the Royals in a high-scoring match. Rajasthan Royals lost the match, but a catch by their bowler Sandeep Sharma attracted a lot of attention, with some even calling it the best catch in IPL history.
Sandeep Sharma took a brilliant catch as Suryakumar Yadav attempted to pull the shot off Trent Boult. Sandeep Sharma chased the ball for about 15 metres, stretched out his hands for the ball, took the catch and even after falling and sliding on the ground, held on to the ball.
On-air commentator Harsha Bhogle couldn’t hide his excitement over the spectacular catch he recently witnessed, “Has he cleared the fielder? .
The video of the catch was shared by the official Twitter handle of IPL and the video is going viral on social media, with cricket fans in awe of the sight and some even terming it as the best catch in the history of the world. Indian Premier League (IPL).
With the help of some beautiful innings from Suryakumar Yadav and Tim David, Mumbai Indians beat strong Rajasthan Royals by six wickets. It was another IPL thriller where 15 runs were needed in the last over and Tim David hit three consecutive sixes to take the game home.
“I feel amazing. Getting ahead of the line is amazing. Nothing better than this. This season I’m sitting you (Tilak Verma) and Suryakumar Yadav is driving it around, so I’m sorry, I’m going to impact Very excited to put up and perform for the team,” Tim David said in a video posted by IPL. And of course it’s about the confidence of being you on the other end.”
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