Having been brought on for his second spell right at the death, Khan delivered by conceding just five runs in the 17th over. However, bowling the penultimate over of the game, the pressure seemed to be on the leg-spinner. He started off well, restricting Richardson to just a run before deceiving Hardie with his flight, nearly getting a soft dismissal. On the third ball, the batter finally did get a leading edge, but the ball seemed to be flying down the pitch's edge to safety. But an alert Shadab was quick to walk across the crease and flung himself in front of the non-striker, leaping such that he was suspended in the air fully-horizontal to grab on to the Kookaburra with both his hands.

Khan's momentum behind the effort could be gauged by the fact that he landed well outside the pitch and onto the grass to pull-off what would certainly go down as one of the greatest catches in the tournament's history, especially given that it ensured a victory for his team and sent the Twiteratti into frenzy.