India vs New Zealand 2023

‘Kya Lajawaab catch tha’ – Fans awestruck by Suryakumar Yadav’s spell-binding catch to dismiss Finn Allen in third T20I

Suryakumar Yadav took three catches during the third T20I.

Feb 2, 2023 12:42 pm

India and New Zealand locked horns against each other for one final time for the third T20I which took place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The coin fell in favour of India, and they opted to bat. India had an early jolt in the form of Ishan Kishan, who departed for 1 off 3 balls. Rahul Tripathi came in at No 3, and played an entertaining knock of 44 off 22 balls, with four fours and three sixes. The knock from Tripathi put the pressure back on New Zealand.

India got to 234-4 in their 20 overs, on the back of Shubman Gill’s breathtaking knock of 126 off 63 balls, with 12 fours and seven sixes. On the fifth ball that Hardik Pandya bowled in the second innings, Pandya bowled a short ball that swung away from outside off. Finn Allen slashes hard at it and the edge flies to slip, it was going over the head of Suryakumar Yadav, but he timed the jump to perfection and took it with both hands over his head. The ball was rushing towards Suryakumar, and he had very little reaction time but he showed great reflexes.

India won the third T20I by 168 runs and took the series 2-1

Here is the video

What a Catch by flying man Surya Kumar Yadav SKY 🔥🔥🔥#INDvsNZ #SuryakumarYadav #ShubmanGill @surya_14kumar

https://t.co/n7RDOB8vV8 pic.twitter.com/fIJFUhTxIH

— Sasta Engineer (@RavinderRawat_H) February 1, 2023

He produced another superb display to dismiss Glenn Philips by taking another blinder. He also contributed with the bat in the first innings as he scored 24 off 13 balls, with one four and two sixes. This helped India get to be a big score. In reply, the bowlers were all over the black caps like a rash and never allowed them to get going. The Kiwis had to face scoreboard pressure too. Pandya took the new ball and led from the front. He picked up 4-16 in his four overs.

Arshdeep Singh picked up 2-16 in his three-over spell. Umran Malik picked up 2-9 in his 2.1 over burst. Shivam Mavi picked up 2-12 in his two-over spell. After losing the first game in Ranchi, Pandya and his troops rallied together and made a wonderful comeback to take the T20I series 2-1.

Let us take a look at the reactions to Suryakumar’s catch on Twitter-

Surya the batter we all know
But surya as a fielder tooo one of the best🔥🔥, i have never seen him dropping a catch, literally never…
🧿🔥#sky #SuryakumarYadav #catch #INDvsNZ3rdT20 #ind #BCCI #icc

— Ayush a random cricket fan (@sourabh64847465) February 1, 2023

SuryaKumar Yadav is showing his catching skills tonight… Once again What a Catch by him… #INDvsNZ #SuryakumarYadav #ShubmanGill

— Suryansh (@Suryansh1329) February 1, 2023

This type of fielding unit you can't see in almost last 10 years.

Specially credit goes to #SuryakumarYadav he taken some magical catch.#NewZealand totally surrender in the front of #TeamIndia
Bowling attack.#INDvsNZ3rdT20 #NZvsIND #INDvsNZ #aravchoudhary

— Arav Choudhary (@iaravchoudhary) February 1, 2023

Wow sky♥️♥️Mind blowing!!👌#SuryakumarYadav #surya
What an amazing catch !😍😍#NewZealand score 7 run loss of 4 wickets.#IndiaVsNewZealand

— Anant Singh🇮🇳🇮🇱✌️🤝👍❤️ (@AnantSingh8) February 1, 2023

https://twitter.com/tomarayush6141/status/1620809578102554625?s=20&t=ylaHpkJnxY6gbKSEQ-SyKA

Badhiya catch by #SuryakumarYadav

4 wicket gir gayee 🥲🥲🥲😉😌😌😌#INDvsNZ

— Avi padwale🇮🇳 (@AviPadwale) February 1, 2023

Even Surya kumar Yadav couldn’t believe the catch he took to get of Finn Allen 🔥🔥#SuryakumarYadav #RohitSharma𓃵 #ViratKohli #shubhamangill #INDvsNZ #TeamIndia #sachinTendulakar pic.twitter.com/rIEnaNWuEB

— Anubhav Pandey (45) (@Anubhav12475119) February 1, 2023