‘Catch of the season’: Ambati Rayudu’s one-handed stunner is going viral
With a 23-run win over RCB on Tuesday evening, the protecting champions CSK in the end snapped their four-match shedding streak. After Shivam Dube (95 no longer out) and Robin Uthappa’s (88 off 50) very good batting show, yet one more atypical display was once in reserve for the CSK and that was once from 36-year-old Ambati Rayudu who made a shocking effort to take an excellent catch. His enthusiasts are in awe with this one-handed stunner and calling it the ‘catch of the season’.
It was once the 4th ball of the 16th over when underneath drive RCB had been suffering to chase a mammoth overall of 216. Rayudu made it even harder for the RCB when he took a one-handed stunner of Akash Deep off Ravindra Jadeja’s supply. Rayudu, who was once stationed on the quick duvet space, sensationally dived to his proper and controlled to catch the ball within the air. The Hyderabad cricketer didn’t let the ball cross off his hand even after falling at the floor. Rayudu’s athleticism at the box drew consideration and appreciation from all throughout his enthusiasts and fellow avid gamers on social media.
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Previous, invited to bat, Dube and Uthappa conjured up commanding unbeaten half-centuries, smashing 17 sixes and nine fours between them en path to a 165-run stand — the full easiest for the 3rd wicket and the easiest of this season — to take CSK to an impressive 216 for 4.
In answer, RCB was once limited to 193 for 9, with younger spinner Maheesh Theekshana (4/33) and skipper Ravindra Jadeja (3/39) working revolt with seven wickets between them in CSK’s 200th IPL recreation.
