[Watch] An All Time Best Catch!! Andre Russell Falls To An Alien-Like Effort By Ex-MI Star
Andre Russell fell to a stunning catch in the ILT20 2025 [Source: @FanCode/x.com]
The Desert Vipers took on the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ninth match of the ILT20 2025. The match was held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A Team Effort Guides Desert Vipers To A Huge Total
The Vipers won the toss for the game and opted to field first. Even though Fakar Zaman failed to fire in the match, the Vipers were able to put a formidable total on the board. The responsibility of the Vipers' batting was taken by Alex Hales, who scored 58 runs off 36 deliveries. Along with Hales, Dan Lawrence played a handy knock, scoring 49 runs off 32 deliveries.
Besides the two English batters, Sam Curran and Azam Khan played fiery cameos in the lower middle order to take the total of the Vipers to 193/5 at the end of the 20 overs.
In the chase, the Knight Riders lost Phil Salt early. However, Kyler Mayer and Joe Clarke tried stabilising the team's innings and keeping them in the chase. But after the departure of the two players, none of the Knight batters were able to show resilience and the Vipers took a strong hold of the game by picking up wickets in regular intervals.
Andre Russell, The Knight's Last Hope Falls To An Otherworldly Effort
The Knights defended a lot on their fabled finisher Andre Russell to take them through in the game. However, even Russell could not fire big as he fell to a superhuman effort in the field.
On the fourth delivery of the 13th over, Nathan Sowter bowled a length delivery angling into the batter. Russell pushed to his back foot and pulled it in the air towards deep mid-wicket. Luke Wood was stationed deep down, and he estimated that he would go across the ropes to try to catch the ball. Wood timed his jump to perfection, took the catch and threw the ball back into play. By backing up for Wood, David Payne completed the catch, which was a stunning effort.
The Knights were restricted to 140 in the match as the Vipers picked up a convincing win by 53 runs.