IND vs NZ | Twitter and Mitchell in disbelief as Ashwin’s retro-running defies age with scintillating catch
Age is just a number and incredible body fitness can often lead to unthinkable performance in a realm. Indian veteran Ravichandran Ashwin exemplified it with a picture-perfect grab that sent Daryl Mitchell packing in the dying hours of the third day of the Wankhede Test against New Zealand.
Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill’s steady 96-run partnership helped India to get past the 250-run mark and earn a 28 runs lead at the end of the second innings. In reply, New Zealand top order struggled against the ball turning square amidst Akash Deep’s corker to rattle Tom Latham. Eventually, Will Young and Daryl Mitchell looked to stabilise the stage in the third session before a rush of blood from the latter coupled with an extraordinary catch from Ashwin had his final stay at the crease.
The fifth ball of the 28th over saw Jadeja come around the wicket and spray a fuller one outside the stumps against Mitchell. The right-handed batter shimmied down the track in an attempt of a big slog and ended up getting the stroke off the willow’s cue end. Soon, the ball skewed off beyond mid off from where Ashwin worked out a backward dash sighting the ball mid air. He kept his sight set at the sailing red cherry and accordingly hurled towards its trajectory and eventually dived to gobble the ball with firm hands. Subsequently, the Tamil Nadu-bred star was seen pumped up in ecstasy with Mohammed Siraj waiting beside for a hug. This left Mitchell astounded as 19 metre sprint from a 38-year-old lead to his downfall, leaving the Twitterverse abuzz.
What a catch bhai!!!
Runs backwards
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Keeps his eyes 👀 on the ball
Completes an outstanding catch 👍
Sensational stuff from R Ashwin! 👏 👏
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Brilliant running catch!
WHAT A CATCH BY RAVI ASHWIN. 🔥
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh)
What an effort!
Ravi Ashwin with a brilliant catch.
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991)
Who said he can field?
Great!
THE GREATEST CATCH OF ASHWIN’s CAREER
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994)
Wankhede erupts like crazy!!!
Stunner!
Super catch by Ashwin.
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan)
Hahaha! LOL! But that was great catch!
Ashwin got a long YT kutti story video for this catch
— Div🦁 (@div_yumm)
Yes he has taken!
Ravichandran Ashwin has taken an absolute blinder! A match-winner remains a match-winner, if not with the ball then with a stunning catch.
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket)
Take a bow, !
In awe!
Ashwin.... Holy shit... What a catch...
— Amit Dubey (@AmitHellboyz143)
🔥🔥🔥
That was some catch!
Ashwin one day would become kick-ass mentor of some ipl team.
— Raazi (@Crick_logist)
Even in sky high catch he had he presence of mind to go sideways than backward to gauge the dip and distance.
Superb
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