Twitter Reactions: Shane Watson and David Wiese take the best catch of IPL

Delhi Daredevils were in chasing a huge total of 191 runs that the Royal Challengers Bangalore had set them after DD skipper Zaheer Khan invited them to bat first. Coming in to outscore them, the Daredevils had a lot of expectations on their openers Quinton de Kock and Shreyas Iyer to give them a good start and set them up for the big chase. It was S Arvind who started the proceedings for RCB and after accumulating 10 runs in the first two balls de Kock gave the strike to Iyer. The Mumbai lad edged a slower ball from Arvind, but it dropped short of the wicketkeeper; on the very next ball, he tried to go big and looked to hit it over the mid-on boundary for a biggie. But Shane Watson chased the ball and then a tag team effort with David Wiese saw them complete a stunner.

The ball lobbed high in the air, Watson stationed at mid-on paddled back facing the ball, and then extended himself fully to grab it with both hands. He had sprint a little too hard and feared he would run over the boundary and so decided to push it back in the direction of his partner David Wiese, who was also following Watto and the ball. The ball went a little away from Wiese and he put in a full-length dive to take the catch. He slid along as well and managed to stop himself millimeters away from the fence. He was so close that the goggles that fell off from his head landed on the ropes.

Iyer couldn’t believe it and the umpires went for the referral, they checked but it was clean and one of the best efforts we have seen on the field in some time. A few on Twitter termed it the best catch of the season while others felt this is the best catch they have ever seen in the league. Here is how twitter reacted to the Watto-Wiese effort.

Stunning replay catch by Watson & Wiese! Watson did well to run back, judge it & hold it temporarily before the flick back to Wiese. #RCBvDD

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 17, 2016

Whaaaaaaattttttt a catch that was by @ShaneRWatson33 and David wisa unbelievable ??????? @RCBTweets @IPL ?

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 17, 2016

Just jumped the shark… #ipl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 17, 2016

Brilliant CATCH !!

— ओमर अब्दुल्लाह (@abdullah_0mar) April 17, 2016

OHHH MYYY GOGGLE

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) April 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/HitmanCricket/status/721737132671262720

Catch of the IPL 2016

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 17, 2016

RIDICU-CATCH! Ridic in every possible way. I want to watch that 100 times over…

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) April 17, 2016

Best catch of the #IPL 9 by a distance! Watto and Wiese combining at the edge of the boundary…Spectacular! #RCBvDD

— Shamik Chakrabarty (@shamik100) April 17, 2016

Watson catches looking over his shoulders, throws to Wiese, Wiese dives just before the ropes! Iyer out #DD 11/1 in 1 over #RCBvDD #PlayBold

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 17, 2016

#RCBvDD: @RCBTweets fans react to the catch by Watson and Wiese … pic.twitter.com/8kChM6nqEz

— Sayan Ghosh (@SayanTales) April 17, 2016

Best catch in the history of IPL!!!!!!!

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) April 17, 2016

Wiese's shades falling off made the catch sexy in a submissive way#RCBvDD

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 17, 2016

OMFG! That was like synchronised swimming 🙂 Well done Watto & David! #RCBvDD #IPL9

— Danish Sait (@DanishSait) April 17, 2016

Absolutely loved the way Wiese invited Watson over to celebrate, "Yes, we have done it mate" 😉#IPL9 #IPL2016 #RCBvDD

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) April 17, 2016

Watto!!! You beauty!!! What a catch that was!! #RCBvDD @RCBTweets

— Nikhil Chinapa (@nikhilchinapa) April 17, 2016

MUST WATCH – @ShaneRWatson33 – @David_Wiese relay catch #RCBvDD #VIVOIPL @RCBTweetshttps://t.co/fhGWWHKseA

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 17, 2016

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