Cricket: Steve Smith made amends after an earlier drop in the slips, taking an epic catch to dismiss KL Rahul!
Steve Smith made up for dropping a dolly when KL Rahul was on 33 with an absolute screamer off the bowling of Nathan Lyon to snare the Indian opener on 84 in a moment of redemption.Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer .
Former Australian captain and first slipper Allan Border marvelled at the absurd level of skill to be able to pull off such a catch, with so little time to get into position.“You have got such a short space of time to react. He’s got that one-handed diving away to his right. “It was a brilliant innings, they needed a stunning catch like that to break that partnership,” Shastri said.“He was dropped first ball of the day. 51 runs later, wow just plucks it out of thin air.
Guha marvelled at Smith’s presence of mind to keep the ball off the ground to avoid any conjecture over the ball hitting the ground.
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