NEW DELHI: Catches win matches is as outdated an adage one can get. Catches do change course of the match and typically in the long run are the distinction between victory and defeat.
A superb catch all the time expenses up the gamers and that is was precisely occurred on the primary day of the fifth Check between India and England in Dharamshala.
England had acquired off to a advantageous begin after opting to bat first and had been 64/0 when Kuldeep Yadav struck for the primary wicket in his first over.
Annoyed after enjoying far too many dot balls by his requirements, Duckett (27) went for an enormous whack on the leg-side, however the googly went low and skewed a thick top-edge into the air on the off-side the place Gill, ran sideways to his proper from cowl and put in a splendid well-timed dive to seize the catch.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) shared a video of the catch on X:
A superb catch all the time expenses up the gamers and that is was precisely occurred on the primary day of the fifth Check between India and England in Dharamshala.
England had acquired off to a advantageous begin after opting to bat first and had been 64/0 when Kuldeep Yadav struck for the primary wicket in his first over.
Annoyed after enjoying far too many dot balls by his requirements, Duckett (27) went for an enormous whack on the leg-side, however the googly went low and skewed a thick top-edge into the air on the off-side the place Gill, ran sideways to his proper from cowl and put in a splendid well-timed dive to seize the catch.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) shared a video of the catch on X:
The most effective half about that Gill catch was he by no means took his eyes of the ball and lined 16 metres backwards earlier than taking it over his proper shoulder.
Gill needed to run again and preserve his eyes on the ball on the identical time, however in the long run he made it look very easy.
The good Sunil Gavaskar, on air, even in contrast the catch to Travis Head catch off Rohit Sharma within the 2023 World Cup remaining.
