India’s legendary spinner R Ashwin is known for his amazing bowling. But on the second day of the Mumbai Test match, he remained in the headlines due to his surprising catch. 38 year old Ashwin showed amazing agility in the second innings of this match, the video of which has gone viral among the fans. This catch was very important for Team India, because due to this catch, the Indian team got the wicket of Daryl Mitchell, who has proved to be a very dangerous batsman in this match so far.
R Ashwin took a surprising catch
During New Zealand’s second innings, Ravindra Jadeja bowled the 28th over for India. Then, on the 5th ball of Ravindra Jadeja’s over, Daryl Mitchell played a shot down the ground. The ball did not come on the bat properly and hit the lower part, due to which the ball became standing in the air. But the ball was far away from Ashwin, so Ashwin ran back from mid-on and went to catch this catch. During this, he ran 19 meters backward in 5 seconds and caught the ball. Everyone was surprised to see this agility of Ashwin. Now fans are also praising Ashwin a lot.
Runs backwards
Keeps his eyeson the ball
Completes an outstanding catchSensational stuff from R Ashwin!
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Ashwin did wonders with the ball too
Ravichandran Ashwin did not get any wicket in the first innings of this match. But an amazing performance was seen from his side in the second innings. He made 3 batsmen his victims giving 63 runs in 16 overs. In this innings he took the wickets of Will Young, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips. With this he also became the most successful bowler in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
Let us tell you, by the end of the second day’s play, New Zealand scored 171 runs for 9 wickets in its second innings and took a lead of 143 runs. But it is not going to be easy for Team India to achieve this target on this ground. Ashwin also admitted that a target of around 150 will not be easy for the Indian batsmen on the turning pitch of Wankhede Stadium. Ashwin told Dinesh Karthik in an interview on Geo Cinema, ‘We have to end his innings. Every run saved in this innings is important. It is not easy to score runs on this pitch. We will have to bat very well.
