IND vs SL: Watch - Yuzvendra Chahal Begins To Celebrate Before Realising Shreyas Iyer Dropped The Catch
IND vs SL: Watch - Yuzvendra Chahal Begins To Celebrate Before Realising Shreyas Iyer Dropped The Catch

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had just about begun to celebrate when he realized that it was all for nothing. The incident happened in the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Chahal was bowling the final over of the powerplay when the new batter, Charith Asalanka, tried to slog sweep a full-length delivery. He didn’t get it off the middle of the blade and it flew towards Shreyas Iyer in the mid-wicket region.

There was plenty of time for Iyer to position himself under the ball and grab on to the catch but he misjudged it. In the end, he had to dive forward but ended up dropping the catch.

Yuzvendra Chahal for India. Photo- BCCI
Yuzvendra Chahal for India. Photo- BCCI

Chahal was unable to see that Iyer had dropped the ball and began running towards Iyer. However, he had to stop midway as he realized what had actually happened. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was also disappointed as it was the second drop inside the first six overs.

Watch Yuzvendra Chahal’s reaction here:

Earlier, Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma put on a 111-run stand for the opening wicket after being asked to bat first. Kishan scored 89 off 56 balls while Rohit played the second fiddle well, contributing 44.

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Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer. (Photo: BCCI)

A late blitzkrieg from Shreyas Iyer ensured that India ended up with 199 on the board in their allotted 20 overs. Iyer helped himself to a 28-ball 57 that included five fours and two huge maximums.

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