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Have you seen a real life Superman ...??? Do you know about a man known as a six blocker..??? A man with 360ᐤ skills....??? A one hand Juggler...??? Can a six go out...???
YES, These all superheroes exist and can be seen in the world's most popular and most attended cricket league know as "Indian Premier League" (IPL).
As we all know that each player shells out his peak performance in IPL. This tournament produces World's best players. Most spectacular catches can be seen in IPL.
In a cricket match, fielder plays a major role for getting the victory. It's an old saying that "Get the catch and win the match".
In this article, we are going to present you some of the best catches in IPL history. We are sure that you will get amazed while watching them.
1. The Superman :Virat Kohli
YES, These all superheroes exist and can be seen in the world's most popular and most attended cricket league know as "Indian Premier League" (IPL).
As we all know that each player shells out his peak performance in IPL. This tournament produces World's best players. Most spectacular catches can be seen in IPL.
In a cricket match, fielder plays a major role for getting the victory. It's an old saying that "Get the catch and win the match".
In this article, we are going to present you some of the best catches in IPL history. We are sure that you will get amazed while watching them.
During a match in IPL 2018,Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Virat Kohli showed his superman skills by taking the catch of Dinesh Karthik.
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When DK hits the shot over the bowler's head, Virat Kohli nicely dives under the ball and took this epic catch.
Dinesh Karthik was on fire, he scored 23 runs in just 9 balls and was leading his team towards victory but this catch taken by Virat Kohli stopped him from scoring the winning run.
2. Pollard: The Six Blocker
Dinesh Karthik was on fire, he scored 23 runs in just 9 balls and was leading his team towards victory but this catch taken by Virat Kohli stopped him from scoring the winning run.
2. Pollard: The Six Blocker
This match was played between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2014, when Harbhajan Singh bowl to Kevon Cooper and Kieron Pollard took this wonderful catch.
While K. Cooper was on strike, he attempted for a six but Pollard, the six blocker, uses the benefit of his height and was able to manage the ball from outside of the boundary.
The target set by Mumbai Indians was 178 but Rajasthan Royals can only reach upto 153 runs. This catch by Pollard made this victory more easy.
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3. ABD or Mccullum ? Who's Catch Was It ?
The ball was in the air and the two fielders AB De Villiers and Brendon Mccullum both were trying to catch it. A misunderstanding could be created at this situation and the ball might drop. But, because of the presence of mind of ABD, he was able to catch the ball.
This match was played by RCB against KKR in IPL 2018, and inspite of this marvellous catch, RCB was not able to achieve the victory.
4. Six Goes Out
While a match was going on between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2015, a magnificent relay catch was taken by the two players of RR, Tim Southee and Karun Nair.
During this match, When George Bailey hits a long shot, everyone expected it to be a six, but at the boundary line, Tim Southee with his efficient fielding skills made the ball to fall inside the boundary and Karun Nair was able to catch it. This made it a stupendous catch.
Through this tremendous effort RR was able to won the match easily.
5. T. Boult: A One Handed Juggler
This was one of the most unpredicted and the best catch of all IPL seasons. This match was played between RCB and DD in Vivo IPL 2018. DD set a target of 175 for the RCB.
Virat Kohli flicked the ball towards the boundary for a six, but T.Boult showed his superb, tremendous and one handed magical skill to convert this into a catch.
The partnership of Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers was leading their team to victory but this catch created a hope for the opponenet team (DD) to turn the face of the match.
But besides this great effort of Boult, DD lost the match.
So, These are some of the best catches of the IPL, which were taken by the World's best fielders.
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