The emergence of T20 cricket has raised the fielding bar and now every cricketer wants to put everything just to stop the ball. The innings contains only 120 balls and every run counts; hence players don’t want to lose the grip on the match at any point. In the meantime, they pull off something miraculous to leave the cricketing fraternity in awe.
England’s Jason Roy was not behind in raising his fielding standards and pull off one of the most spectacular catch one can ever see. Playing in the Bangladesh Premier League for Sylhet Sixers, he took an extraordinary catch which grabbed everyone’s attention almost immediately. The ball was traveling so fast that everyone expected it to cross the boundary line but then Roy came in between.
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The incident occurred during a match between Chittagong Vikings and Sylhet Sixers in BPL. Alok Kapali was bowling the eighth over and Yasir Ali was on strike. On the fourth ball, the batsman pulled the ball furiously and it was traveling to clear the rope for six. But Jason Roy had some other ideas and he grabbed the ball from thin air to complete one of the most stunning catches of cricket history.
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He dived to his left near the boundary rope and the ball got stuck in his one hand. For a moment, even he couldn’t believe on the effort but later realized that he has pulled something amazing.
See the video here;
A ridiculous catch from @JasonRoy20.pic.twitter.com/I2gtHepXqo
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) February 1, 2019
The Sixers beat Vikings comfortably by 29 runs. Asked to bat first, the Sixers, without their injured skipper David Warner, scored 165 for 5. Windies star Andre Fletcher laid the foundation for the challenging total by scoring 66 at the top of the order. Mohammad Nawaz (34 off 19) and Sabbir Rahman (32) then played handy knocks to ensure the Sixers finish above 150.
In reply, the Vikings rarely looked in contention to chase down the total. Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim once again waged a lone battle, scoring 48 but little support from other end meant the Vikings were all out for just 136.
