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Tim Southee was on fire on the field, taking two brilliant catches during the match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Punjab Kings at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. The New Zealand fast bowler covered a lot of ground to dismiss one of the best players in IPL 2022, Kagiso Rabada.
Tim Southee was unstoppable on the field during the eighth IPL 2022 match between the Punjab Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders. Tim Southee did an even better job of sending Kagiso Rabada back to the Punjab dugout after taking a great catch to dismiss Liam Livingstone on the boundary earlier in the match.
The incident happened on the first ball of the match’s 18th over, when Andre Russell was bowling. Kagiso Rabada cleared his left foot as he attempted to hit the ball over long-off, but he got the top edge and the ball rose high. Tim Southee, who was stationed at the boundary, dashed towards the ball and took a brilliant diving catch to end Rabda’s 25-ball innings.
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Umesh Yadav takes four wickets and Tim Southee takes two as KKR limit Punjab Kings to 137 runs
KKR, who were playing their third game, put in a superb performance in the field, led by Umesh Yadav’s four wickets, to dismiss Punjab Kings for 137 in the 19th over. Tim Southee took two wickets, while Bhanuka Rajapaksa led the way with 31 points. Earlier, KKR won the toss and Shreyas Iyer chose to bat first.
Punjab batted first and needed a quick start, but captain Mayank Agarwal was bowled out for 2 by Umesh Yadav, who was trapped LBW. Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa were forced to rebuild, and the Sri Lankans decided that attack would be the best defence. He hit 31 off 9 balls before being caught at mid-off in the fourth over by Shivam Mavi. Dhawan, who struggled to get going, was gone for 16 as Tim Southee had him caught behind by Sam Billings before the powerplay ended.
After the powerplay, Liam Livingstone and Raj Bawa, India’s U-19 star, put on a 16-run stand in 20 deliveries. And, with Punjab in desperate need of some momentum, Livingstone went for Umesh’s big one in the ninth over, holing out in the deep to Southee as they lost a fourth wicket. In the next over, Bawa hit Sunil Narine for a boundary before the spinner knocked over his off stump, dropping Punjab to 5-down at the halfway point.
The KKR spinners then bowled a couple of good overs as Shahrukh Khan and Harpreet Brar found Narine and Varun Chakravarthy difficult to deal with. Southee returned to the attack in the 13th over and struck immediately, dismissing Khan for a duck.
In the 15th Over of Match, Umesh Yadav make a great comeback picking two wickets as well as bowled a maiden over. After that, Kagiso Rabada played a short cameo of 25 runs in 16 balls. At last, Andre Russell cam a pick a wickets a stop PBKS in total score of 137 runs for 10 wickets in 18.2 overs.
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