CSK have had a poor season so far in the IPL2025. For Stephen Fleming, the turning point of the night was the catch. He referred to the catch of Kamindu Mendis, whose flying full-length diving catch at long-off sent Dewald Brevis in the dugout following hitting three sixes in an over.
“I thought Brevis was outstanding. We were probably victim to a match-winning catch,” the CSK head coach said after their fourth consecutive defeat at Chepauk. “Look, I think it’s just instinct,” SRH head coach Daniel Vettori said of the catch. “It’s an innate ability to be able to move, to see the ball and time you’re diving. So it’s probably one of those catches that even a brilliant fielder only has one or two in their career.”
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“It was going well. That was an outstanding catch,” he again said. “We had Riyan Parag in a game at Guwahati who took a great catch as well. So a couple of key moments there that they earned and did well. But then it was two teams that were nervous about winning, going hammer and tongs on a tough wicket. It was tough to watch.”
Meanwhile, Vettori opined on the importance of the catch and added that the target could have been out of reach had Brevis stayed longer as well.
“Special moment, that catch, but more importantly for us, it was the moment in the game where Brevis was starting to take control, putting a lot of pressure back on us,” Vettori said. “And if he’d stayed in, probably the score would have gotten away from us and it would have been a difficult chase. Even during our bowling innings, there were some times where we felt dew was becoming an issue. I think you saw Zeeshan wiping the ball. So to get through that, and particularly to break that partnership. Brevis was looking fantastic, took the game on and started to show what you could do on that surface when you put pressure back on bowlers. So the catch by Kamindu and then the bowling to follow that up, I think that led to the ability to restrict that score.”
