South African wizard AB de Villiers has produced a piece of magic in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, taking a catch many cricket experts are declaring a contender for best of all-time.
After starring with the bat, ABD then shone in the field as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in a do or die encounter to keep their IPL playoffs bid alive.
‘Mr. 360 degree’ helped land the crucial wicket of Alex Hales, saving a six as he leaped to a ridiculous height on the boundary before plucking the ball from the sky with his right hand — and somehow keeping his balance.
The stunner from AB de Villiers defied the laws of physics and only ‘Superman’ could’ve prevented the leather from sailing into the stands.
Cricket fraternity couldn’t hold themselves back and hailed the herculean effort by the Proteas superstar.
Here are some of the best tweets:
Saw Live today! 😮
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
This is unreal Super de Villiers! 🙏
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Whatttaaaa catch, That to me was THE CATCH of this and that too… by a mile….
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Just seen the replay of that catch; What the Duck was that
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8)
If any one asks why we call ABD a superman just show them this catch of hales…
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Incredible. But then it’s
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2)
Ridiculous behaviour!!!
— Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum)
Great pic! Incredible abbas
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49)
Mr 360 Spiderman!!!!! What can’t do?! Wishing I was still in India – what an awesome ep you’ve got coming 😍
— Erin Holland (@erinvholland)
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What have I just seen…..👀
— Sarah Taylor (@Sarah_Taylor30)
Unreal scenes
— Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (@Danni_Wyatt)
😍 What a catch.
— Kainat Imtiaz (@kainatimtiaz16)
You could dream about taking the craziest catch, but it won't beat the reality that just showed us
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
as honorary CM of Karnataka anyone? You get what you see, and what you see is quite spectacular
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Great suggestion from should play with 1 hand only to try and make the game fair for the rest of the players 🙈
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90)
Ultra slow motion / Real time / Replay. It doesn't matter. You have to watch it in every possible angle to believe he actually took it. INSANE from . Mr. 360 not just with the bat but on the field as well
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
That’s outrageous!
— mark butcher (@markbutcher72)
