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During the 57th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Nitish Kumar Reddy completed a sensational boundary catch to send Quinton de Kock of Lucknow Super Giants back into the pavilion early. At the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, SRH are currently battling it out against LSG in the all-important IPL 2024 clash with huge playoff implications.
After winning the toss, the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, KL Rahul, decided to bat first on a pitch, which seemed quite hard, but the hot weather in Hyderabad deprived it of any grass. In the third over of the innings, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a back of a length delivery towards middle and leg, which Quinton de Kock swivelled and pulled towards the deep square leg area.
Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was perfectly placed for the stroke, leaped high to catch the ball, and upon realising that he was going over the ropes, let the ball go in the air. Moments later, he came back into the field of play to complete the catch, to give Sunrisers Hyderabad their first wicket of the night, dismissing Quinton de Kock for two off five balls.
Sanvir Singh takes incredible catch diving forward to dismiss Marcus Stoinis in IPL 2024
In the fifth over, Sanvir Singh of Sunrisers Hyderabad took an incredible catch diving forward, which signalled the end to the brief innings of Marcus Stoinis for Lucknow Super Giants. It was a back-of-the-length delivery on off stump from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, which Marcus Stoinis tried to muscle past the mid-on region, but he could only hit it straight to the fielder.
With this special moment, SRH reduced LSG to 21/2, with the captain KL Rahul and his new batting partner, Krunal Pandya, who got promoted up the batting order, needing to rebuild their innings.
