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“Plucked from the Sky”: Radha Yadav took a stunning catch for Sydney Sixers in WBBL07

Rishikesh Sharma
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Radha Yadav took a stunning catch to dismiss Mignon du Preez in the WBBL 07 game between Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes.

Radha Yadav took a stunning catch to dismiss Mignon du Preez in the WBBL 07 game between Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes.

The Women’s Big Bash League is underway in Australia, and there are a total of eight Indian players playing in the tournament. In the 4th game of the season, Sydney Sixers were playing against Hobart Hurricanes. Shafali Verma and Radha were part of the Sydney Sixers playing eleven.

Yadav scalped a couple of wickets in the game, but her catch made all the headlines.

Radha Yadav stunning Catch in WBBL07

Sydney Sixers Women won the toss and opted to bowl first against the Hobart Hurricanes. During the match, Maitlan Brown was bowling the 3rd over, and Mignon du Preez was facing her. The 2nd ball of the over was an overpitches one, and Preez tried to hit it over the point. However, Yadav took a stunning one-hand grab by jumping upwards. Although there was a no-ball check, it got the benefit of the doubt.


Hobart Hurricanes managed to score 125 runs, courtesy of Indian Richa Ghosh’s 46 runs knock.

 Twitter Reactions

Fans loved the brilliant catch by Radha in the WBBL, and they went on to Twitter to show their excitement.

Radha Yadav T20 Record

Yadav is just 21 years old, and she has made her name with the slow left-arm spin. She has scalped 52 T20I wickets in 40 games, whereas her economy has been 6.49. WBBL07 is Radha’s first-ever overseas franchise tournament.

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Rishikesh Sharma

Rishikesh Sharma

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An engineering graduate and an ardent sports fan, Rishikesh Sharma is covering cricket for three years now after not making peace with a corporate life and has written more than 5000 articles. While Sourav Ganguly made him fall in love with the sport, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir enhanced it. Apart from cricket, Rishikesh is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. When not watching sports, you will find him riding around Jaipur.

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