Indian workforce reacts to Yashasvi Jaiswal’s beautiful catch in IND vs ENG 1st ODI, ft. Axar Patel & Harshit Rana

India’s young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal made his debut in ODIs against England in Nagpur on Thursday. Although Jaiswal didn’t make a big impact with the bat, scoring only 15 runs off 22 balls. However, he impressed everyone with an incredible catch. He ran backwards for 20 yards to dismiss Ben Duckett off Harshit Rana’s bowling in the 10th over. Jaiswal sprinted backwards and dived to pull off the catch. The grab was reminiscent of the iconic catch by Travis Head that dismissed Rohit Sharma during the ODI World Cup 2023 final. BCCI uploaded a video where Indian Team members reacted to the catch.

Reactions from Axar Patel & Indian team

After the match, Indian team members reacted humorously to Jaiswal’s catch. Axar Patel reacting to the catch, jokingly said, “If he had run faster like me, he could have grabbed this catch with both hands, though it was still a really good effort and a very nice catch.”

He further reacted again, but not in a humorous way. “I was standing near Jaiswal, so I saw the whole catch. When he was running, I thought he wouldn’t be able to take it, but when he stretched his body, made an angle, and dived, it was really nice to see. It was a fantastic catch.” While the cricketers were reacting, Jaiswal stood silently, beaming with pride. Axar Patel added, “Why are you shy standing there? It’s a catch you have taken; there’s nothing wrong. Well done, nice catch.”

Reaction from fielding coach T. Dilip

India’s fielding coach T. Dilip said, “I was sitting and watching the ball, and then I realized the ball was drifting away, but Jaiswal kept running. In my mind, I thought, just catch it, Jaiswal, we need this wicket. I knew his hands were reliable with catches, so if he could run, he could catch it.” The bowler, Harshit Rana, also expressed his confidence, saying, “I knew he would catch it. In the past years, he has taken similar catches.”

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