The two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is locking horns with the new entrants Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 66th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on May 18 (Wednesday). Abhijeet Tomar made his IPL debut against LSG for KKR but started on a rough note as he dropped a crucial catch of Quinton de Kock while fielding at third-man.
As IPL 20222 has entered its business end and all the remaining matches are important for the participating franchises. KKR didn’t start well against LSG as the Lucknow openers managed to stitch a fifty-run partnership and are looking in fine touch. Abhijeet Tomar made his IPL debut for KKR and was looking forward to giving his best in his first game.
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However, his tournament started on a bad note as he dropped a crucial catch. Umesh Yadav was bowling the third over of the innings and he bowled a delivery going away from Quinton de Kock. The southpaw tried to play across the line but only managed to top-edge the ball in a valiant attempt. The ball flew to the third-man area and Tomar almost grabbed the catch. He put a dive forward but failed to cling on the ball.
Here is the video of the dropped catch by Abhijeet Tomar:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Venkatesh Iyer, Abhijeet Tomar, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy
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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Here is how the fans reacted:
Abhijeet Tomar has other ideas… https://t.co/a3sz9UtKnX
— KKR Bhakt 🇮🇳 (@KKRSince2011) May 18, 2022
Varun Chakaravarthy and That Debutant Abhijeet Tomar fielding outside 30 yard circle in powerplay, Shreyas Iyer terrible captaincy. 👎 #KKRvsLSG #LSGvKKR
— LSG 🏏 (@PeterParker7194) May 18, 2022
Varun Chakaravarthy and That Debutant Abhijeet Tomar fielding outside 30 yard circle in powerplay, Shreyas Iyer terrible captaincy. 👎 #KKRvsLSG #LSGvKKR
— LSG 🏏 (@PeterParker7194) May 18, 2022
@KKRiders we can already see how good a player is Abhijeet Tomar. Already missed a catch
— Superman (@SupermanInd99) May 18, 2022
Abhijeet Tomar, on debut, drops a skier off QDK's bat
Looks like a Tomar lost his way & got into Cricket rather than their customary sport of Kabaddi#KKRvLSG
— Nish Navalkar (@YUVI_NISH) May 18, 2022
Welcome to the world of cricket abhijeet tomar one catch miss doesn't matter try to concentrate from here onnnn
— Souhardya Dey(Joy Mohun Bagan) (@SouhardyaDey5) May 18, 2022
Thank you so much Abhijeet Tomar
You just dropped the match !!!
— Abhi Shukla ♏ (@abhirockstar09) May 18, 2022
Thank you Abhijeet Tomar 😊#LSGvKKR
— Aditya (@Aditya2139) May 18, 2022
