During the fourth day of the second Test of ongoing India vs South Africa in Pune, India’s wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha took a stunner and?justified his selection. He replaced Rishabh Pant in the Test.
It all happened on the third delivery of the 24th over when Faf du Plessis got an inside-edge from a delivery off experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. However, the ball hit and went for a catch which Wriddhiman Saha took it with a juggle. Saha kept his eyes on the ball and took it on the third attempt while diving towards the right of the batsman.
Faf du Plessis, who walked in to bat at No. 4 before Temba Bavuma, wasn’t successful to score big. He ended up scoring 5 off 54 in a situation which demanded a quick inning from him. However, that was?Saha?s third stunning catch of this match. While he took a one-handed stunner to dismiss Theunis de Bruyn in the morning, he had taken a similar catch to dismiss de Bruyn yesterday too.
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
With the bowling figures of 28.4-9-69-4, Ashwin was the successful bowlers among all in the first innings. Having dismissed two batsmen since morning, the experienced spinner is back with form.
https://twitter.com/cricketvideo18/status/1183268518952763393?s=20
Twitterati reacted:
Woohhh wohhhh 1 2 3 attempts and then Catch 😲😲😱😱👏👏👏
Wriddhi'man' or Super'man' or Flying Saha 🙌😎👊
Faf Du Plessis (5) out 😀#WriddhimanSaha really doing amazing wicketkeeping & using DRS as well
Great job 👏👏@Wriddhipops#INDvSA #INDvsSA— Archie Agarwal 🦋❤️🌪️💫🌈🥺 (@_rchie0425) October 13, 2019
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Outstanding catch By Saha again….Du Plessis gone #INDvSA @StarSportsIndia
— Jason Dsouza (@jdnats) October 13, 2019
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Big wicket. Extraordinary by Saha. du Plessis goes . 1st wicket for Ashwin
— Aditya (@Aditya_062519) October 13, 2019