It happens in a few instances when a bowler manages to take a great reflex catch on his own bowling to dismiss the batter and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer, Umesh Yadav did so against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Umesh took a brilliant juggling catch as the batter played the delivery straight towards him to provide the opening wicket for the team.
IPL 2022 hasn’t been much of a reason to celebrate for KKR so far as they have managed to win just three matches out of the nine games in total. However, the team started well against Rajasthan Royals reducing the opposition to 55/2 at the time of writing. KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first. Umesh Yadav made no mistake in proving the decision right as he dismissed Devdutt Padikkal in the opening spell.
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Umesh Yadav was bowling the third over of the innings and he bowled a full delivery on the first ball to Padikkal. The batter only managed to chip the ball straight to him and the bowler was quick to pounce on it. The ball was slipping out of his hands but Umesh took a brilliant juggling catch, in the end, to send Padikkal back to the pavilion on a score of two.
Here is the video of the catch taken by Umesh Yadav:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Indrajith (wk), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen
Here is how Twitter reacted to the catch taken by Umesh Yadav:
Brilliant reflex action catch by Umesh yadav off his own bowling! Padikkal departs for 2.#IPL2022 #KKRvRR #RRvKKR pic.twitter.com/88mDErfyet
— Ashmin Aryal (@aryal_ashmin) May 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/TVkachu_/status/1521130353959653379?s=20&t=fzeLbPItc49Q87NwYnmHMQ
Devdutt Padikkal ??
— яαмєѕн кυмαя (@RameshKumar__B) May 2, 2022
People are now understanding the true quality of Devdutt Padikkal. 7Cr is even less for such a class player. RCB lost a gem
— muddukrishna_2.0 (@i_am_LeoMan) May 2, 2022
Devdutt padikkal two seasons wonder
— Mustafa🧢 (@accio_luck) May 2, 2022
Yashasvi Jaiswal looks more promising than devdutt padikkal few bad matches doesn't justify his talent!!! #KKRvRR #RRvKKR #IPL2022
— Sachin (@sachii656) May 2, 2022
Devdutt Padikkal my boy 💔
— S💓 (@KOHLIfan183) May 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/KaptaanSparroow/status/1521132693681246208?s=20&t=R-RNz0QHwZSQUjc1GTMSrw
Devdutt padikkal is a good nothing batsman why did you buy him in the first place, he needs more practice on spin balls rather than fast seam balls. In every initial over he has a bad luck with this phenomenon
— IamNOTsoGood (@OopsCraziest) May 2, 2022
