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Rohit Sharma has joked that he would have dropped Suryakumar Yadav from the India taking part in XI had he dropped the catch that dismissed David Miller in the course of the 2024 T20 World Cup remaining. Suryakumar Yadav arguably took the catch of the event whereas fielding at long-off within the first ball of the ultimate over of the match, with South Africa needing 16 in six balls. The catch meant that Miller – South Africa’s final acknowledged batter within the sport – was again within the dugout, and a possible six was prevented.
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal – all of whom symbolize Mumbai in Ranji Trophy – met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday, July 5. It was there that Rohit cracked his joke.
“After Surya caught the ball, he informed me that the ball sat in his hand. Thank goodness it did. In any other case, I might have sat him out,” joked Rohit.
David Miller had swung arduous on the primary ball of the ultimate over, searching for an explosive begin to the ultimate over being bowled by Hardik Pandya. It wanted a particular effort from Suryakumar Yadav to know the catch, as he needed to first take it, then throw it up, and eventually run again from outdoors the boundary ropes to gather that catch.
India would go on to win the ultimate by simply seven runs, in a match that appeared to be out of their arms when South Africa wanted simply 30 runs in 30 balls.
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