WATCH: Faf du Plessis’ brillant throw to ends the knock of GT’s Wriddhiman Saha

WATCH: Faf du Plessis’ brillant throw to ends the knock of GT’s Wriddhiman Saha

Faf du Plessis dismissed Wriddhiman Saha

In a must-win match for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Gujarat Titans, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis dismissed GT’s Wriddhiman Saha with a brilliant throw on Thursday, May 19 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

GT started with openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill where the latter fell prey to Josh Hazelwood in the very first over because of a brilliant catch by Glenn Maxwell. Then Maxwell dismissed Matthew Wade in a controversial circumstances. But Saha was at 31 off 22 balls and was looking to play more balls but a mix up in the 9th over sent him back to the pavillion.

Harshal Patel was bowling the 9th over and his length ball ball outside off stump made GT skipper Hardik Pandya drive it to the left of cover and ran off. Saha waited till the ball cleared the cover fielder. But Faf du Plessis rushed in from mid-field and caught Saha off guard with a spectacular direct hit at the striker’s end. But Saha had completed his 300 runs in this season in just 9 games after scoring 30 runs in this match.

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“I was like what do you say about my arm now?”: Faf du Plessis

Faf du Plessis
Faf du Plessis

Speaking at the post match presentation, the GT skipper Hardik Pandya said: “The learning is to make sure we don’t do it in the playoffs. It is always good to score runs. The way the boys are gelling and the way we are going, it is a learning for the players. I don’t know about Saha’s injury. He was feeling his hamstring and it was a precautionary measure to keep him off the field.”

At the post-match presentaion, Faf du Plessis said:

“Throughout the season we haven’t done as much as have liked. But you still need to back these big players. Virat had been putting in the hard yards in the nets. I play the role with him and get him pumped up. He has got so much emotions and he pulls you through. It is as if you are playing a rugby game. That catch was awesome. We were trying to get some wickets in the powerplay.

“The run-out was pretty cool as well. When I hit the stumps, I was like what do you say about my arm now? I think tonight was important for obvious reasons. You always want to finish strongly. A few inconsistent performances have put us in this situation. I am banking on Rohit to come good,” he added.

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