Wriddhiman Saha took a surprising catch against Delhi Capitals in the 44th match of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. After seeing Saha’s tremendous wicketkeeping, Delhi’s head coach, Ricky Ponting’s face, was also blown away. Even though Gujarat could not chase down a modest score of 131 runs in this match played at the world’s largest Narendra Modi Stadium, the catch of Wridhiman Saha is being talked about more than his defeat, by which he caught Priyam Garg on the way to the pavilion.
It was the fifth over of the first innings. Delhi had lost their three wickets for just 22 runs; in such a situation, Mohammed Shami’s enthusiasm was also on the seventh sky. A brilliant ball, young batsman Priyam Garg tried to drive from far off the body but took an outside edge and went behind the wicket. Where Mustaid Wridhiman Saha caught the best catch while jumping in the air, usually it is not easy to make such catches, but Saha made it very easy with his experience.
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Batting first, Delhi Capitals somehow scored 130 runs on the scoreboard. In response to a modest target, Wriddhiman Saha, who came to start the innings with Shubman Gill, returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Khaleel Ahmed hunted him on the last ball of the first over. Delhi Capitals kept alive their hopes of making the knockouts by defeating Gujarat Titans by five runs in a low-scoring match full of ups and downs, following a career-best half-century from Aman Hakim Khan.
Chasing Delhi’s target of 131, the Titans were 125 for six despite skipper Pandya’s unbeaten half-century (59 not out off 53 balls, seven fours) and his fifth-wicket partnership of 62 with Abhinav Manohar (26). The run is done right. Rahul Tewatia scored 20 runs in seven balls with three sixes but could not win his team.
