The flying catch of the former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper, Dinesh Karthik helped KKR to register an edge over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 54th match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as it resulted in the prized wicket of Ben Stokes.
On the first delivery of the third over by Pat Cummins, Stokes went for a huge slog a good length delivery from Pat Cummins saw him walking back to the pavilion after scoring 18 (11) with the help of two fours and a six. With the ball flying off Stokes’ outside edge, it went towards the left of Karthik. Having initially moved towards his eight, the veteran KKR wicket-keeper batsman did exceedingly well to complete the catch and become a source of amazement for one and all.
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Chasing a huge target of 192 runs target in a do-or-die game, the Royals succumbed in front of Cummins as the experienced campaigner picked as many as four wickets in the powerplay.
Earlier, Kolkata batsmen got their act together to post a formidable 191 in their quota of 20 overs on the back of captain Eoin Morgan scoring a world-class 68* (35) with the help of five fours and six sixes after Rajasthan skipper Steven Smith won the toss and chose to field.
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Having registered praiseworthy bowling figures of 4-0-25-3, Rajasthan all-rounder Rahul Tewatia was the pick of their bowlers. Eventually, the game was won by KKR by a huge margin of 60 runs as RR only manage to reach the score of 131 runs after losing nine wickets in their quota of 20 overs.
Here is the video of the flying catch of Dinesh Karthik:
Here is how Twitter reacted to the catch:
Had to take something ridiculous to remove Stokes. That was ridic 🤯🔥@DineshKarthik #IPL2020 #KKRvRR
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) November 1, 2020
We’ve seen birds on the cricket ground only in Australia… there’s one that flew in the UAE just now … what a catch @DineshKarthik
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 1, 2020
What a start! What a catch! Could well be the moment of the match! Remember, in trying to get the runs quickly, they might hand KKR the NRR difference they need
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 1, 2020
Kaboom!!! 💥 https://t.co/G8RFcZTUG0
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) November 1, 2020
