South Africa Star Takes Dig At Suryakumar Yadav's T20 World Cup Catch. Gets Trolled, Then Says This

30.08.2024 - 05:43 sports.ndtv.com

Suryakumar Yadav's sensational catch in the final of 2024 T20 World Cup against South Africa in Barbados went viral. The stunning grab from Suryakumar at the boundary line was so close that it led to a controversy.

Needing 16 runs from the final over, South Africa had David Miller on the strike. The southpaw hit a wide full toss from Hardik Pandya but Suryakumar was able to catch the ball inside the ropes at long-off, realised it just as he went over the boundary, and then came back in to complete an astonishing catch.

South Africa star Tabraiz Shamsi took a dig at the catch in a X post on Thursday. "If they used this method to check the catch in the world cup final maybe it would have been given not out," he wrote in a post.

Along with the post was a video showing a local cricket match. The post did not do down well with several social media users, with many saying Shami was 'crying' and that he was a sore loser.

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