2024-04-10 00:36:27
Mullanpur: Heinrich Klaasen displayed miraculous glove work in a nail-biting IPL 2024 clash against Punjab Kings at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday night. Shikhar Dhawan was stumped by experienced fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar on a ball coming at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour. This stumping against a pacer within 0.25 seconds reminded the fans of MS Dhoni, who even today stumps at the same lightning speed. Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan, who was chasing the target of 183 runs, had the challenge of scoring runs at a fast pace. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar did not let this happen, he asked Klaasen to come up instead of staying behind and this plan worked.
Actually, Punjab had a very bad start. Punjab had lost two big wickets in scoring only 14 runs in four overs. After cheap disposal of Jonny Bairstow and Sam Karna, the responsibility was now on the shoulders of Shikhar Dhawan. Bhuvi took an easy catch of Dhawan in the slips by Abdul Samad on the second ball of the fifth over. The ball went across the boundary for a four. Now Bhuvi bowled the fourth ball on good length. Dhawan wanted to move forward and play a shot on the ball which came at a speed of 140 km per hour, perhaps his intention was to spoil the length of the bowler, but he got trapped in his own trap.
The ball took a hit and outswinged and after beating the bat went straight into the keeper’s gloves, from where Heinrich Klaasen caught the ball and hit it straight on the stumps. Dhawan remained standing outside the crease. In this way, Punjab got its third blow at 20 runs and Shikhar Dhawan returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs. The regret of not being able to take advantage of the donation of life could clearly be seen on his face.