Raipur: Manish Pandey is one of the few IPL cricketers who have played in all the stages of the tournament. After almost two decades, Manish proved once again that he is still indispensable in fielding. Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru yesterday in Raipur, but Manish Pandey took perhaps the best catch of the season in that match.
The 18th over of the match is going on, the match is almost within the reach of RCB. At that time, Tim David hit a sharp cut shot against Karthik Tyagi. The ball was heading towards the boundary for sure. But before that, Manish Pandey, who was standing at backward point, palmed the ball like a hawk. From commentators to teammates, everyone was practically stunned by his catch.
Bowler Tyagi stood with his head in disbelief. Tim David also stood a bit stunned for a while, then looked at the umpire to check the validity of the catch. On the other hand, non-striker Virat Kohli was also surprised. He looked with a smile. Needless to say, Manish Pandey’s stunning catch is undoubtedly one of the best catches of the tournament. After this catch, Virat Kohli was also once seen applauding his U-19 teammate Manish for this brilliant catch. The two also exchanged pleasantries with hugs.
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However, despite Manish’s catch, KKR lost the match. Kolkata Knight RidersChasing 192 with 5 balls to spare, the last time champions achieved the target. Virat Kohli was in rhythm from the start. Varun Chakraborty-less in his own record match KKR The ‘King’ tore the bowling, hit the ninth IPL hundred of his career. He played a devastating innings of 105 runs from 60 balls and became the man of the match KohliE. And KKR lost in despair. The Knights’ streak stopped after four matches.