SA20 | Twitter celebrates as Will Jacks' humongous hit makes Chris Morris' house renovator a millionaire
In the era of unaffordable tickets and dwindling viewership, SA20's innovative initiatives have led to jampacked arenas. The title sponsors have offered two million rands for anyone in the crowd who grabs a catch one-handed and its first winner on Sunday turned out to be Chris Morris' acquaintance
After a few wickets early on, Paarl Royals ensured the crowd at Centurion was thoroughly entertained as David Miller and Mitchell Van Buuren stitched together an unbeaten 141-run partnership to help set a massive target of 211 for Pretoria Capitals. The hosts in response did not hold back either as Will Jacks and Rilee Roussow went gung-ho in a third-wicket stand and the former's antics earned an eagle-eyed viewer a tangible jackpot prize, courtesy of Betway's 'Catch a Million' competition as per which a sum of 2 million rands (USD 110,000 approx.) would be split amongst spectators that manage to grab the sailing white-rock clean-handed during a game.
The English opener shuffled across the crease and smoked Obed McCoy for a huge maximum over deep midwicket on the last ball of the fifth over. The Kookaburra sailed well past the fence and into the crowd, leading to typical anticipation given the stakes involved. A gentleman promptly got up and nonchalantly stuck his hand over his hand and credit to his technique, the ball stuck leading to ballistic celebrations amongst his friends. He became the first person to achieve the feat in the 2024 season after the numerous spills in each game, already equalling the record from SA20's inaugural edition. Incidentally, the gentleman to win the prize turned was revealed to be the house renovator for former South African cricketer Chris Morris, a revelation the broadcaster himself made while commenting on the moment.
Twitter was quick to shoot all sorts of reactions to the memorable incident.  Â
He is the crorepati
â Travis Head (@TravisHead8441)Â
The first 2 million catch of the season
The First  Catch A 2 Million in  Season 2 just happened.
â AJ (@AJ_0755)Â
What a catch from the gentleman in the crowd. đ„
Definitely more coming the way....
Pretoria getting the chase rolling. Â
One handed catch
    reach half century with a 6 from Rossouw and in the crowd a man gets the first one-handed catch of  2024! Well done. It there is no other one-handed catches in the rest of the tournament he will be a millionaire!
â Rekord Sport (@RekordSport)Â
Involvement of the crowd
Bhai this one hand catch in SA20 is funđIt's good thing to get crowd involved in the match.
â Abhishek (@ydvabhishek31)Â
It finally happened
Surely the first Betway SA20 crowd catch will come from todayâs game in Centurion đđ€đœ
â Danz đżđŠ (@danieldupreez_)Â
It was amazing
A full SuperSport Park for today's match! đđ„Â
â Peanut Butter 067 (@peanutbutter067)Â
PC vs PR
I'm watching the match between Pretoria Capitals and Paarl Royals in the SA20 right now! Â
â Peanut Butter 067 (@peanutbutter067)Â
Another chance
Realising that "Another chance" in  đżđŠ as the batter hits the ball up in the air isn't the chance for the bowling team to take a catch and pick up a wicket.
â Saino đ”ïžââïž (@DecodedFantasy)Â
It's just the commentator getting excited for one in the crowd getting a chance to win the "2 Million".
Kudos to the concept
Man i like this one handed crowd catch concept and kudos to the Commentators to keep encouraging and talking about it is exciting to watch!
â Asvanth (@asvanth1808)Â
Its a chance
It's so funny watching the  , coz of the '2 million for a one-handed catch' prize, whenever the batters hit it in the air and the commentators go "it's a chance!", it takes a moment to realize they're referring to people in the crowd and not the fielders! đ
â Siddharth Dixit (@sid_dixit_25)Â
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