Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) witnessed a great start in the IPL 2022 match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). It is the 6th match of the season, and early in the game, KKR had lost four wickets with less than 50 runs on the board. Indian medium-pacer Akash Deep has been the star of the show as he picked up a couple of KKR wickets and dismissed Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana.
While Akash Deep completed a caught and bowled to send Iyer back to the pavilion, it was Englishman David Willey who completed a spectacular catch by running backward off Akash Deep’s bowling. The southpaw fast bowler made great use of the short delivery as he dismissed both the batters by pitching the ball short.
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Both Iyer and Rana miscued the pull shot as the ball grew big on them as they attempted to pull their way out of trouble. While Iyer checked his shot and got a leading edge, Rana went through with his but the ball didn’t travel far enough.
Here is the video of the catch of David Willey:
Here is video of the first wicket of Akash Deep:
RCB skipper, Faf du Plessis had decided to field first after winning the toss, and his bowlers responded well.
What a catch 😳 David Willey, you beauty man 🔥
— Dipesh Wagle (@DipeshWagley) March 30, 2022
Outstanding catch takes by David Willey. pic.twitter.com/954dqaOMJn
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) March 30, 2022
David Willey catch ❤️🔥#Rcb
— 🍾 DESTROYER 🍾 (@_destroyerking_) March 30, 2022
David Willey you beauty! What a catch. #RCBvKKR
— Vinit (@DocVinit) March 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/nehasthetics/status/1509176561605308424?s=20&t=9iokVqAvsk-LUjkAtrZDNA
Tremendous catch from David Willey to dismiss Rana.#IPL2022 #TATAIPL2022 #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/OaNktihfaW
— Sports Yaari (@YaariSports) March 30, 2022
First Shubman Gill and now David Willey- reminding us of Kapil Dev.
Great catch.#KKRvsRCB— Adarsh (@WhyAdarsh) March 30, 2022
Wow! What a catch chasing the ball by David Willey. KKR in all sorts of trouble. Which is okay cos i am backing RCB but also cos i have Russell in my side and need him to come out and hit a quick 40… #IPL
— brett Fish anderson (@BrettFishA) March 30, 2022
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
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Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy