New Delhi: Axar Patel took a one-handed stunner to dismiss Australia captain Mitchell Marsh during their crucial Super 8 game in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on Monday at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. The incident took place on the final ball of the ninth over bowled by Kuldeep Yadav. Marsh swept Kuldeep Yadav with the ball going at a pace of knots. Axar, who was standing at the boundary, started a bit late but plucked out his hand just in time to grab the ball.
What made the catch special was that Axar grabbed the catch off his right hand despite being a southpaw. The catch also reminded everyone of Adam Bacher in 1997 off Sachin Tendulkar at Newlands. The catch also ended the 81-run stand between Marsh and Travis Head for the second wicket. Marsh was dismissed for 37 off 28 balls.
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Earlier, Rohit Sharma combined brute force with elegance in his 92 off 41 balls as India amassed 205/5 on a batting belter. On the best batting surface of the tournament, Australia put India in to bat and Rohit made the most of the conditions with a sublime knock comprising seven fours and eight sixes including a recording extending 200th in the format.
It was the start of something special when Rohit flicked Mitchell Starc for four in the first over of the game. Virat Kohli (0) at the other end mistimed a pull off Josh Hazlewood in the following over to be caught in the deep. Walking the talk once again, Rohit never took the foot off the pedal and went hammer and tongs against Starc, whose second over yielded as many as 29 runs, his most expensive in the format.
The first two sixes in the over came via delightful aerial drive over extra cover before he smashed one in the cow corner region. The fourth maximum of the over came via a mishit that went all the way behind the stumps. Rohit did bulk of the damage in his 87-run stand with number three Rishabh Pant (15 off 14), who welcomed leg-spinner Adam Zampa into the attack with a six over long-on.
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