Hardik Pandya bowled the first ball of the 20th over with a long off Miller. Suryakumar ran to the boundary line and took that catch. However, the controversy surrounding this catch does not stop
Suryakumar Yadav took an incredible catch against South Africa in the T20 World Cup final. The Proteas lost the wicket of the dangerous David Miller on this catch in the last over of the innings. As a result, the equation of 16 runs was not matched in the last over. After seeing the TV replay, the umpire gave him out but Surya was very confident about the catch.
Hardik Pandya bowled the first ball of the 20th over with a long off Miller. Suryakumar ran to the boundary line and took that catch. After that, the Proteas managed to get a total of 8 runs in the remaining 5 balls. Basically, this catch is one of the occasions of India’s World Cup victory.
However, the controversy surrounding this catch does not stop. Although Surya claims, everything happened very quickly.
Suryakumar told Indian Express, “Rohit (brother) usually never stands at long-on but at that moment he was there. So when the ball was coming, for a second I looked at him and he looked at me. I ran and my aim was to palm the ball. He (Rohit) was close, I would have bowled him but it all happened in four to five seconds, which I cannot explain.’
The top-order batsman added, “I am getting a lot of reactions for this catch, people are calling, messaging. I have more than a thousand unread WhatsApp messages on my phone That catch is all over social media. I’m grateful that I was in that five-second game.’
Meanwhile, from various online footages, evidence suggests that Surya may have touched the boundary rope.
‘When I pushed the ball and took the catch, I knew I had not touched the rope. I was careful not to let my foot touch the rope when I pushed the ball in. I knew it was a clean catch. If the ball had been a six, the equation would have been 10 runs off 5 balls. We might have won, but the margin would have been closer.’
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