Axar Patel’s gorgeous catch helped India break a 81-run stand for the second wicket between Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head.

New Delhi: Axar Patel took a one-handed stunner to dismiss Australia captain Mitchell Marsh throughout their essential Tremendous 8 sport within the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on Monday on the Daren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. The incident came about on the ultimate ball of the ninth over bowled by Kuldeep Yadav. Marsh swept Kuldeep Yadav with the ball going at a tempo of knots. Axar, who was standing on the boundary, began a bit late however plucked out his hand simply in time to seize the ball.

What made the catch particular was that Axar grabbed the catch off his proper hand regardless of being a southpaw. The catch additionally reminded everybody of Adam Bacher in 1997 off Sachin Tendulkar at Newlands. The catch additionally ended the 81-run stand between Marsh and Travis Head for the second wicket. Marsh was dismissed for 37 off 28 balls.

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Earlier, Rohit Sharma mixed brute pressure with class in his 92 off 41 balls as India amassed 205/5 on a batting belter. On the perfect batting floor of the event, Australia put India in to bat and Rohit made the a lot of the circumstances with a chic knock comprising seven fours and eight sixes together with a recording extending two hundredth within the format.

It was the beginning of one thing particular when Rohit flicked Mitchell Starc for 4 within the first over of the sport. Virat Kohli (0) on the different finish mistimed a pull off Josh Hazlewood within the following over to be caught within the deep. Strolling the discuss as soon as once more, Rohit by no means took the foot off the pedal and went hammer and tongs towards Starc, whose second over yielded as many as 29 runs, his most costly within the format.

The primary two sixes within the over got here through pleasant aerial drive over additional cowl earlier than he smashed one within the cow nook area. The fourth most of the over got here through a mishit that went all the best way behind the stumps. Rohit did bulk of the harm in his 87-run stand with quantity three Rishabh Pant (15 off 14), who welcomed leg-spinner Adam Zampa into the assault with a six over long-on.