Hardik Pandya takes a stunning catch to dismiss Glenn Maxwell

‘Catches win matches’- The particular catch which will be explained hasn’t won the game for his team, but it will certainly go down as one of the most spectacular catches in the season. Hardik Pandya is renowned for his agility on the field and has affected some stupendous dismissals, either through catches or a brilliant throw resulting in a run-out.

He pulled out a stunning catch in the outfield to get rid of Glenn Maxwell during Mumbai Indians’ contest against the Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Krunal Pandya, his elder brother, gave the leather a fair amount of revs and the ball turned quite a bit after pitching. Meanwhile, Maxwell was enticed into going for an ambitious stroke over the covers.

However, he had to reach out for it and resultantly, he mistimed the ball in the air. Subsequently, Hardik Pandya charged in from the boundary, dived full length on to his left (his wrong-side) and plucked the ball inches away from the turf. Krunal Pandya picked up his second wicket in the process and gave Mumbai with a breakthrough during a time when Delhi was peppering the boundaries.

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When Maxwell perished, the score read 135/3 in 13.2 overs and Delhi still required 60 runs off 40 balls, which wasn’t a daunting task, bearing in mind the nature of the wicket in Mumbai. Delhi didn’t lose a wicket and got home in the last ball. Jason Roy played for Delhi and he took the bowlers to the cleaners and signaled his intentions from the outset.

Nevertheless, Mumbai wasn’t ready to drop the gun and dragged the game to the last over. With 11 runs required in the last over, Jason Roy smacked a six and a four of consecutive balls of Mustafizur Rahman. However, the Bangladeshi pacer came back and bowled three dot deliveries on the trot. Roy, eventually, held his nerves and got the ball over the infield to win the game for Delhi.

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