Video| Suresh Raina’s stunning fielding after being fumbled runs 'confused' Robin Uthappa out
Suresh Raina is undoubtedly one of the best fielders in the Indian team and he once again proved why he has been considered so highly in the game against KKR. Fielding at cover, he effected a stunning run-out to dismiss Robin Uthappa, who was threatening to take the game away from CSK.
KKR got off to a flying start as once again Sunil Narine went after the bowlers. The West Indian spinner struck two sixes in the first over (which was bowled by Deepak Chahar) after Chris Lynn had struck a boundary off the second ball. But Narine’s stay at the crease was brought to an end as Harbhajan Singh dismissed him with a loopy off-break. Lynn and Robin Uthappa continued to attack and play aggressively as the KKR team reached 50 in the 6th over. But Lynn was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja as looked to slog a straight delivery.Â
Nitish Rana and Uthappa then added 29 runs in 17 deliveries to continue the early momentum created by the KKR openers. However, Rana was out for 16. But KKR was dealt with a massive blow as Robin Uthappa was run out off the next ball. Uthappa was batting beautifully as he made 29 off just 16 balls.
The Karnataka opener punched a back of length delivery to cover where Suresh Raina dived and made a half stop. But as Uthappa saw Raina fumble and Dinesh Karthik halfway down the pitch, he went through for the run only to be caught short of the crease. Raina recovered quickly after the diving fumble to gather the ball and hit the stumps at the non-striker's end. Raina, who had already taken a very good running catch to dismiss Narine, once again produced a wicket through his fielding.Â
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