IPL 2022: Tim Southee lined quite a lot of floor earlier than taking a surprising catch.© BCCI/IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Tim Southee ran from long-off to mid-on earlier than holding on to a really troublesome catch to finish Kagiso Rabada’s entertaining knock on Friday. After an excellent begin, Punjab Kings misplaced wickets at common intervals and seemed set for a low whole, however Rabada offered them with a flourish on the demise as he raced away to 25 runs with the assistance of 4 boundaries and a six. Nonetheless, within the penultimate over, Andre Russell bowled a slower supply that the South Africa pacer had a swipe at, however ended up slicing it up excessive within the sky. Whereas it seemed just like the ball could land in no man’s land, Southee did brilliantly to cowl a considerable amount of floor earlier than taking a diving catch to ship Rabada packing.
Watch Southee’s good effort right here:
What a surprising catch by Southee!!#IPL2022 #KKRvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/EAKgI1Luvl
— Ashmin Aryal (@AryalAshmin) April 1, 2022
A run-out off the very subsequent supply meant PBKS had been bowled out for 137.
The catch additionally capped off an ideal day within the subject for Southee, who took two wickets on the Wankhede Stadium and have become the primary New Zealand bowler to take 250 wickets in T20s.
The 2 scalps he claimed had been additionally huge ones, as he eliminated harmful opener Shikhar Dhawan and the big-hitting Shahrukh Khan.
Umesh Yadav was the choose of the bowlers for KKR as he registered profession greatest IPL figures of 4/23.
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KKR acquired off to a difficult begin of their chase as they had been diminished to 51/4 in seven overs, however Andre Russell blitzed 70 off 31 deliveries to take his group residence with greater than 5 overs to spare.
With the win, KKR have gone to the highest of the IPL 2022 factors desk, with two wins in three matches.
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