There is not even a slightest of doubt about the fielding standards of Faf du Plessis. He is one of the best fielders in the cricketing world. He is a live wire on the cricketing field and no one really knows what he can pull off with his fielding. A similar example was on display during the match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Manish Pandey was batting well in the middle after scoring his half-century. He was looking set to send bowlers in all corners of the ground and had started striking the ball well in the death overs. His partner David Warner from the other end was finding it hard to score freely, which put Pandey in the pressure of tightening the screw. Hence, he decided to go after Lungi Ngidi.
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Pandey stroked him through covers for a fine boundary before playing an even better shot. The bail was sailing over the long-on boundary for a maximum until Du Plessis came in the middle with his acrobatic effort. Everyone was shocked that the ball didn’t go for a six.
Du Plessis was patrolling the long-on boundary and kept his eyes on the ball and ran towards it. He timed his jump to perfection and took an amazing catch to dismiss Pandey for 61.
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Fans were in awe after watching this catch. They posted their reactions on Twitter. Here are some of those tweets;
https://twitter.com/lodulalit001/status/1387436030647619586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1387436030647619586%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportscafe.in%2Fcricket%2Farticles%2F2021%2Fapr%2F28%2Ftwitter-reacts-as-flying-faf-du-plessis-leaves-everyone-stunned-with-an-acrobatic-effort
Another normal catch for this superman on the field : FAF Du Plessis 🔥💛#WhistlePodu | #IPL2021 | @MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/IHLfCfDUFc
— DHONI Era™ 🤩 (@TheDhoniEra) April 28, 2021
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Something about Faf vs SRH. Always brings his best against them. What was that catch 🥶 #CSK
— SA (@Aravind_SA) April 28, 2021
Mandatory super catch from Faf for the season.
— Cricket With Ash (@CricketWithAsh) April 28, 2021
If someone say me that I have only chance to live that someone has to catch the ball… I'm gonna trust on faf…
— Neutralcric. (@NeutralcricN) April 28, 2021
That jaddu celebration after faf's flying catch was the moment of the game so far #CSK
— Deeksha (@Deeksha45015326) April 28, 2021
Warner and Pandey scored their respective fifties but were unable to score those runs quickly. It was Kane Williamson and Kedar Jadhav’s late blows that took their score to 171/3 in 20 overs.
