Watch: Virat Kohli left stunned as Trent Boult takes an absolute screamer
While Delhi Daredevils lost the match, Boult's audacious one-handed catch near the boundary rope was the talking point.
Bengaluru: While AB de Villiers was a magician on the cricket field as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils on Saturday at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, Trent Boult was a showstopper; so much so that even Virat Kohli was left utterly stunned.
Boult took an absolute screamer, one-handed stunner, near the boundary rope to send Kohli packing off Harshal Patel’s bowling.
While Harshal bowled a fulltoss and Kohli just timed, thinking the ball will sail past the boundary rope, Boult leapt in the air and latched on to the ball, close the boundary rope.
If the effort was not pure gold, he managed to hold his balance even as he fell on the ground to complete the catch before his teammates rushed towards him to congratulate on an outstanding effort.
While DD lost the match, the Twitter was in awe of Boult's stunner.
I think we could quite easily have just seen the Greatest EVER catch .... #TrentBoult #IPL #Virat
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 21, 2018
That is ridiculous from Boult
— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) April 21, 2018
A night of what the.... in the #IPL2018 !! Trent Boults catch is as good a catch as you will ever see & ABD batting was an exhibition & all class !! Wow....
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) April 21, 2018
Don't think you can even describe that as a catch....that's something different 😲😲😲 #trentbolt
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) April 21, 2018
The BEST catch by @trent_boult we will see in this @IPL ! #Boult #boult
— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) April 21, 2018
Saturday was the day of batsmen. Some sensational hitting. Lynn, Gayle, Rahul, Pant, AB. But I’ll remember this day for that Trent Boult one-handed magic. Might not see a better catch in the entire IPL. #respect #RCBvDD
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 21, 2018
Stop what you’re doing and go look at the catch Trent Boult just took. That is one of the best catches that the game of Cricket has ever seen without any doubt. Just breathing distance and he took it with ease. #RCBvDD
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) April 21, 2018
Everyone is surprised by that catch. The fielding captain, the batsman, the crowd and the fielder himself. #RCBvDD #TrentBoult pic.twitter.com/38AMrsdVcU
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) April 21, 2018
😲 Trent Boult! #vivoipl #classic
— Mel 'MJ' Jones (@meljones_33) April 21, 2018
From the house of Trent Boult, left-arm seamer, flamingo shot improviser and professional acrobat. (h/t @taimoorze) pic.twitter.com/eNgt05KJpu
— Srinath (@srinathsripath) April 21, 2018