SL vs BAN | Twitter goes berserk as Mushfiqur Rahim ends catch of tournament debate with absolute screamer

Sri Lanka were put into bat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, in a do-or-die clash to keep their semi-final hopes alive. The side would have been keen to get off to a great start given the surface is renowned for being batting-friendly but had their hopes shattered early on. Mushfiqur Rahim took a blinder of a catch to send Kusal Perera packing and help his team get the first breakthrough.

On the final ball of the first over, Perera, having scored a boundary off the fourth ball with the cover drive, went for the same shot on Shoriful Islam’s out-swinger pitched on good length. However, Perera got a thick outside edge upon being foxed by the extra bounce but the extremely wide line of the delivery made it seem the batter would walk away scot-free. Veteran wicket-keeper Rahim ensured that was not the case as he took a couple of steps to his left before throwing his body out at full stretch to latch on to the ball in front of first-slip, completing a breathtaking catch which is bound to be the leading contender for the catch of the tournament.

Rahim’s incredible grab created a lot of buzz on the internet and many fans took to Twitter to share their reactions.

Spledid catch

What a catch

Unbeleivable

Superman

Catch of the tournament

Flying man

Take a bow

Catch of CWC 2023

Standing ovation for him

Sensational catch