WATCH: Wriddhiman Saha grabs first-rate juggling catch to dismiss Faf du Plessis

Dixit Bhargav | 13/10/2019
WATCH: Wriddhiman Saha grabs first-rate juggling catch to dismiss Faf du Plessis

Wriddhiman Saha grabs first-rate juggling catch: The Indian wicket-keeper was exceptional behind the wickets in Pune today.

During the fourth day of the fourth Test of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of India in Pune, India wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha justified his selection over Rishabh Pant with first-rate wicket-keeping skills to dismiss South Africa captain Faf du Plessis.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 24th over when du Plessis inside-edged a delivery from India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. With the ball lobbing off the batsman’s pads, it started to die on Saha before he made the first attempt to catch the ball.

An alert Saha kept his eyes on the ball to grab it on the third attempt while diving towards the right of the batsman. Considering the effort put it to affect the dismissal, the Indian fielders were seen rejoicing with Saha.

du Plessis, who finally promoted himself to No. 4 ahead of Temba Bavuma, wasn’t successful in continuing with his spree of scoring runs. He ended up scoring 5 (54) in a situation which demanded a significant innings from him.

It is worth mentioning that this was Saha’s third praiseworthy catch of this match. While he grabbed a one-handed stunner to dismiss Theunis de Bruyn in the morning, he had grabbed a similar catch to same de Bruyn yesterday as well.

With bowling figures of 28.4-9-69-4, Ashwin was the pick of the Indian bowlers in the first innings. Having dismissed two batsmen since morning, the premier spinner is once again among the wickets.

Wriddhiman Saha grabs first-rate juggling catch

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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