For Certain players in cricket, age is just a number as they keep performing at the highest level sometimes for a couple of decades and more as well. The veteran Indian leg-spinner, Amit Mishra, one of the all-time legends of IPL, on Friday showed the world he is not done yet as his superb diving catch against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) left everyone in awe.
By taking wickets in regular intervals, Amit Mishra was one of the crucial cogs in the initial years of the Indian Premier League (IPL). On his IPL return on Friday during Match 10 of the ongoing edition, the 40-year-old while playing for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) made headlines yet again by reaping rewards against SRH at the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
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With the ball in hand, he bowled with the excellent figures of 4-0-23-2, but more than that, which attracted a lot of attention was his fielding effort during the 18th overs of SRH’s innings. The second ball of the 18th over, bowled by uncapped Yash Thakur, was banged on shortish length delivery, which Rahul Tripathi, batting on 35 off 41 balls on a slow and low Lucknow track, tried to loft the ball over the short third.
However, the stylish batter failed to connect the ball well as he was looking for, and Amit Mishra, placed at the short third region, dived to his left at full stretch to complete an excellent catch. As they say, age is just a number, and Amit Mishra showed the world exactly that. LSG teammates were all smiles to see Mishra produce a stellar fielding performance, and so were the netizens.
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Notably, with the two latest wickets, Amit Mishra is close to surpassing Lasith Malinga’s tally of 170 IPL wickets. He is currently sitting fourth, with 168 wickets from 155 matches. Barring Malinga, Only DJ Bravo (183) and Yuzvendra Chahal (171) have taken more wickets than him across seasons.
Here is the video of the diving catch by Amit Mishra:
Twitterati applauded Amit Mishra for his brilliant fielding effort.
Well done Amit Mishra! Very good catch and his teammates are delighted! @LucknowIPL this is a strange pitch and even 140 could be a tough chase. #LSGvSRH
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 7, 2023
WTF! Amit Mishra isn’t just playing he took that catch. And he’s bowled three at less than six. What have I missed. Just because it was #SRHvLSG
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 7, 2023
Diving catch by 40-year-old Amit Mishra. pic.twitter.com/Bu1YcM1O9H
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 7, 2023
Diving catch by 40-year-old Amit Mishra. pic.twitter.com/u1zzNEvCke
— महेश झुरंगे (@zurange_mahesh) April 7, 2023
What a catch Amit Mishra Ji. pic.twitter.com/PYXiZpptED
— Praneesh (@praneeshush) April 7, 2023
Amit Mishra is ageless, what a catch that was!!💥🫡
— zala_tweets (@snzala03) April 7, 2023
40 years old Amit Mishra with a diving catch… #SRHvsLSG #SRHvLSG #LSGvSRH pic.twitter.com/o9R58QvINO
— Suryansh (@Suryansh1329) April 7, 2023
What a Catch AMIT MISHRA!😂🥵#LSGvSRH
— Sumit Gupta ||RO45×VK18|| (@sumitg__24) April 7, 2023
Great catch by 40 years old Amit Mishra 👏👏 #LSGvSRH
— Mayank Vavadiya (@361Mayank) April 7, 2023
