WATCH: Mitchell Santner grabs flying catch to dismiss Virat Kohli in Wellington T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 31/01/2020
WATCH: Mitchell Santner grabs flying catch to dismiss Virat Kohli in Wellington T20I

Mitchell Santner grabs flying catch: The Kiwi all-rounder grabbed his second catch of the match to dismiss the Indian captain.

During the fourth T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner put on display a flying fielding effort to dismiss India captain Virat Kohli.

It all happened on the third delivery of the fifth over when Kohli was deceived by extra bounce on a delivery from New Zealand fast bowler Hamish Bennett. Having lobbed the ball off his leading edge, Kohli saw Santner flying to his right to grab an airborne catch with both hands.

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the second over, Kohli ended up scoring 11 (9) with the help of two fours. While it was Bennett’s first wicket, it was Santner’s second catch of the night as he also grabbed another outstanding catch to dismiss India opening batsman Sanju Samson (8).

Continuing his magic on the field, the 27-year old player grabbed another catch at deep mid-wicket after India wicket-keeper batsman Lokesh Rahul (39) hit an Ish Sodhi delivery straight to him.

After New Zealand captain Tim Southee won the toss and invited India in to bat, the visitors have lost half their side in the 11th over. All-rounder Shivam Dube’s (12) attempt of playing a slog off Ish Sodhi saw him becoming the latest Indian batsman to get out.

Having scored at a run rate in vicinity of 8 till now, India would be hoping Manish Pandey and Washington Sundar to make the best out of their opportunities.

Mitchell Santner grabs flying 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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