Suryakumar Yadav Finally Breaks Silence On Controversy Over T20 World Cup Final Catch

12.07.2024 - 16:26 sports.ndtv.com

A lot has been discussed and said so far about the catch taken by Suryakumar Yadav in the final of 2024 T20 World Cup against South Africa in Barbados.

While many have been in awe of the stunner taken by the player in a tense situation in the game, some raised questions over the fairness of the catch.

Suryakumar, who earlier spoke about how he managed to take that catch, has finally broken his silence over the controversy regarding it.

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.

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