MI Emirates' Trent Boult Takes a One-handed Blinder in ILT20 - WATCH

The International League T20 (ILT20) witnessed a remarkable moment as the MI Emirates’ Trent Boult pulled off a one-handed stunner against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. The 12th match of the ILT20 saw the Emirates take on the Knight Riders yesterday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

During the 18th over of the first innings, Knights’ Laurie Evans decided to blast one of Fazalhaq Farooqi’s deliveries towards long off. However, an ever-ready Boult eyed the flying ball perfectly as he pulled off a dive and rolled down to complete a beautiful catch off his left hand. This led to Evans returning to the dressing room for a duck having faced two balls.

The video of the catch has now gone viral on social media with several fans deeming it to be one of the greatest catches in the history of ILT20. One of them described it as, “A superman’s catch”.

Laurie Evans had come out to bat just two balls earlier. He lofted the delivery by Afghanistan international, Fazalhaq Farooqi high in the air, but it did not get the distance and Trent Boult managed to run towards the area left of long-off to take a blinder of a catch to push MI Emirates to close the bowling innings strong.

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Trent Boult’s catch ultimately proved to be crucial as MI Emirates was able to secure a comfortable eight-wicket victory on Sunday, January 28. The match began with the Emirates winning the toss and choosing to bowl first. In the first innings, Boult proved to be decisive as he scalped a wicket while also taking two catches. The Knights were able to post a competitive total of 188 losing just five wickets. Andre Russell played the best knock for the Knights as he smashed 46 runs off 17 balls.

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During the run chase, Kusal Perera and Muhammad Waseem forged a solid 104-run partnership to earn a perfect start for the MI Emirates. Perera belted 54 runs in 26 balls while Waseem played an unbeaten knock of 89. It was Nicholas Pooran who put up 33 runs off 19 balls to secure a convincing win for the Emirates.