IPL 2021: WATCH – Rahul Tewatia pulls off a spectacular catch to dismiss KL Rahul


IPL 2021: WATCH – Rahul Tewatia pulls off a spectacular catch to dismiss KL Rahul

Rahul Tewatia

KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda came up with stunning knock for the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their first match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 to take the team’s total in the first innings to 221. After being put in to bat and losing Mayank Agarwal early, Rahul and West Indies’ Chris Gayle ensured that the scoreboard was kept ticking by upping the ante and taking risks when necessary.

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After Gayle was dismissed, Deepak Hooda was promoted up the order ahead of Nicholas Pooran. Although it seemed like a strange decision at first, the Baroda batsman ensured that PBKS did not regret the decision by going after the RR bowlers and hitting sixes at will. It was an exhibition of brutal hitting as the bowlers were made to look clueless and hapless even as the score kept increasing by the minute.

Watch – Rahul Tewatia’s catch to remove KL Rahul

Deepak Hooda and KL Rahul
Deepak Hooda and KL Rahul

After Hooda’s dismissal, Rahul took the initiative to boost the PBKS score. When the last over bowled by debutant Chetan Sakariya began, the skipper required 13 runs to get to his hundred. He began the over in perfect fashion by hitting a four. He then following it up with an excellent pick-up shot towards deep-midwicket. Rahul Tewatia was the one fielding there and it seemed like a difficult chance to take it.

The all-rounder got hold of the catch before realizing that he was going over the rope. He then lobbed the ball over, went past the boundary rope and then came back to complete a diving catch. The effort was truly spectacular but there was no celebration whatsoever due to it being the last over and because of the fact that the damage had already been done by Rahul.

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