In IPL 2023, a match was played between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. A strange sight was seen in this match when three fielders of Rajasthan collided while taking the catch and none of the three could take the catch.
3⃣ players converge for the catch
4⃣th player takes it
Safe to say that was one eventful way to scalp the first wicket from @rajasthanroyals!
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The catch was then taken by the fourth player who was waiting for these three to drop the catch, its picture is also becoming very viral. The Gujarat team was batting first, and Wriddhiman Saha played a shot in the air in the very first over of Boult.
Despite wicketkeeper Sanju Samson's call on this, three fielders ran to take the catch, apart from Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, and Dhruv Jurel were included. All three collided with each other, but the ball hit all three and reached Trent Boult standing nearby and he caught the catch, the fans were also surprised to see this strange sight.
Talking about the match, Gujarat batting first scored 177 runs losing seven wickets in 20 overs, Shubman Gill scored 45 runs and David Miller scored 46 runs. In response, Rajasthan lost two wickets for four runs at one time, but the team achieved the target by losing seven wickets in 19.2 overs.
Captain Sanju Samson played a blistering inning of 60 runs in 32 balls, hitting three fours and six sixes in his innings. Apart from this, Shimron Hetmyer played an unbeaten inning of 56 runs in 26 balls, he hit two fours and five sixes. Hetmyer was given the Player of the Match award for his stormy innings, which was Rajasthan's first win against Gujarat. Hetmyer was given the Player of the Match award for his stormy innings, it was Rajasthan's first win against Gujarat.