Indian wicket-keeper MS Dhoni took a stunning one-handed flying catch in the World Cup 2019 league match against West Indies on Thursday.
In the 27th over of the Windies chase, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a back of a length delivery coming into the all-rounder Carlos Braithwaite before straightening. The batsman closed the face of his willow into the leg-side and therefore the outside edge flew to the right of Dhoni, who like Brathwaite was going with the angle and was left wrong-footed. But MSD adjusted quickly to dive to his right and grabbed the ball with one-hand.
India vice-captain Rohit Sharma was awestruck by Dhoni’s amazing dive as his reaction after the catch said it all.
Dhoni's diving catch in the #WIvIND game yesterday has been voted the @Nissan Play of the Day!
Sharp reflexes 👌 pic.twitter.com/lcsgnWkP8f
— ICC (@ICC) June 28, 2019
He also took to Twitter to hail Dhoni’s safe pair of hands. “👐 safe hands 👐 ek nahi do do 😀 @msdhoni,” Rohit wrote in his post.
👐 safe hands 👐 ek nahi do do 😀 @msdhoni pic.twitter.com/c8zX8z1MKO
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) June 27, 2019
Meanwhile, India defeated West Indies by 125 runs in Manchester and climbed on the second spot on the points table. Virat Kohli’s side is now just a win away from reaching the semi-finals.
