WATCH: Umesh Yadav’s sensational catch off his own bowling packs Prithvi Shaw for a golden duck
Prithvi Shaw and Umesh Yadav
In the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals, the former gave a target of 146/9 on Thursday, April 28 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
KKR responded with openers Prithvi Shaw and David Warner who had a hard time on the crease, got dismissed very soon. In the first ball of the innings itself, Umesh Yadav got a massive breakthrough for Kolkata. Umesh Yadav sent Prithvi Shaw back to the pavilion for a golden duck. Yadav hurled across a length ball around leg and got it to straighten a hit off the steam.
Shaw tried to work it on the leg side with the line of the delivery but it took the leading half and popped out to the left of the bowler. Umesh Yadav showed an impressive athleticism in his follow-through and snapped it with a perfect dive.
You can watch Umesh Yadav’s catch here:
KKR’s innings vs DC
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals had won the toss and chose to bowl first. The Knight Riders very soon lost their openers, Aaron Finch (3) and Venkatesh Iyer (6). But Shreyas Iyer played a knock of 42 runs off 37 by smashing 4 fours. But in the first ball of 13th over, a shorter and outside off of Kuldeep Yadav’s delivery sent Shreyas back to the pavilion.
But thanks to the brilliant knock from Nitish Rana that revived KKR’s innings and helped them reach at least a decent target. Rana scored 57 runs off 34 and smacked 3 fours and 4 sixes. But in the penultimate over, he had to go back because of bowler Mustafizur Rahman.
Kuldeep Yadav completed his four-wicket haul in his just 3 overs against his former team KKR. He conceded just 14 runs and bagged the wickets of Shreyas Iyer, Baba Indrajith, Andre Russell, and Sunil Narine.
Mustafizur Rahman also took 3 wickets and conceded 18 runs in his 4 overs. He dismissed Nitish Rana, Rovman Powell, and Tim Southee.
Gouri Das
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