Winning the toss, the Punjab Kings chose to field first in the second game of their new home venue at Mullanpur. Seeing two left-handers open the batting for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Dhawan opted for the right-arm pacer Kagiso Rabada. While there was a potential chance of dismissal in the first ball itself if not for a denied review, Dhawan managed to redeem himself with a brilliant catch moments later.
On the first ball of the match, Kagiso Rabada came over the wicket against Travis Head, spraying a back-of-a-length delivery across the left-hander. The ball zipped off the surface with the away shape, squaring up Head to kiss the outside edge of the bat to the wicketkeeper. Jitesh Sharma immediately appealed for a dismissal but the umpire and captain Dhawan weren’t convinced, and hence did not opt for the review. A few minutes later, the ultra edge showed that there was a faint nick, therefore offering a lifeline to the Aussie.
Just when Head was commanding positively following the survival, Arshdeep bowled a length delivery that seamed a shade around the off-stump line on the second ball of the fourth over. Head cleared the front leg to slog it over mid-off but did not quite get the timing on it. The ball skewed over the inner circle and Dhawan at mid-off sprinted a long way back judging the ball in the night sky to grab the ball with firm hands.
Seeing the Punjab captain redeem himself with a marvellous catch for a DRS chance, the Twitterverse joined in with their opinion.
That’s an out
Got lucky
It was clear
True
100th catch
First in every match
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