Hardik Pandya's catch was good but nothing in front of Radha Yadav's catch!
The Indian team played two matches on Wednesday, October 9. On one hand, the men's team faced Bangladesh, while the women's team faced Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup being held in UAE. Team India dominated in both these matches. The men's team won a landslide victory against Bangladesh by 86 runs. On the other hand, the women's team defeated Sri Lanka by 82 runs. During this, two excellent catches were seen, which won the hearts of the fans. Hardik Pandya took an astonishing catch in Delhi. But it paled in front of Radha Yadav's full-length diving catch in UAE.
Batting first, the Indian team had given Bangladesh a target of 222 runs in the second T20 match. In response, the Bangladesh team had already collapsed. It had lost 6 wickets for just 86 runs. Then in the 14th over, Hardik Pandya's fielding prowess was seen. Rishabh Hussain hit a long shot on Varun Chakraborty's ball. Pandya ran 27 meters on this and caught the ball going for a six with one hand. However, he was trying with two hands. For a moment it seemed that the ball would slip from his hand, but the ball did not slip from his hand.
Athleticism at its best! 😎
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An outstanding running catch from Hardik Pandya 🔥🔥
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However, this catch of hers is nothing like that of women's team player Radha Yadav. Her catch is being discussed a lot. Radha took a surprising catch. ICC has compared her catch to a catch of Travis Head. Actually, on the second ball of the first over, Vishmi Gunaratne tried to hit a big shot. To take advantage of the powerplay, she tried to hit by coming out of the crease, due to which the ball rose very high in the air at a short distance from the circle. Radha, who came as a substitute, was standing at point. She turned back and started running. She kept her eyes on the ball till the end and finally caught the ball by taking a full-length dive. The audience was surprised to see this. Her catch is also viral on social media.
India's men's team has won the 3-match series with a resounding win in Delhi. The Indian team is now leading the series 2-0. Rinku Singh and Nitish Reddy played an important role in this victory in Delhi. Rinku scored 53 runs in 29 balls and Nitish scored 74 runs in 34 balls. On the other hand, after a big win by a margin of 82 runs, the morale of the Indian women's team has increased. Its hopes of reaching the semi-finals have been revived. The Indian team has moved to the second position in the points table with 4 points and a net run rate of +0.576. Let us tell you that the top 2 teams from a group will go to the semi-finals.