Twitter reacts to Evin Lewis’ athleticism converting Rohit Sharma’s ‘six’ into near run-out
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India got off to a cautious start in the finale aꦍt the Wankhede, owing to the swing early on from Sheldon Cottrell. However, KL Rahul’s twin boundary in the second over sparked 💞an acceleration as Rohit Sharma immediately found form in the following over. Sharma struck Cottrell’s delivery sweetly, and in the process, got to the 400th six of his career.
And it was not a one-man effort, as Rahul too joined the party with some lustrous blows from the other end. Left-𒊎armer Khary Pierre was not spared as Sharma found his groove and struck the ball sweetly, scoring meaty boundaries. It looked like there was almost nothing that the Windies fielders could do at that point in time to thwart Sharma’s big hits.
And having struck Pierre for a humongous six in the very first ball of the fifth over, it looked like Sharma was in the mood to decimate the poor left-armer. On the second ball of the over, the Mumbaꦚikar once again laid back and smoked Pierre into the stands, almost, only for it to be stopped by the literal giant effort from Evin Lewis.
As the ball came off Sharma’s bat, just as all 33,000 people at Wankhede, the commentators and all the viewers watching on television thought it was heading for another maximum, Lewis lept and lept high enough to catch the ball, and flick it back into play as momentum got him across the advertisement hoardings. Immediately after going past the hoard🐈ings, the left-hander came running back into the field to throw the ball straight over the keeper’s hand to catch Sharma gasping for breath, almost catching him short of the crease.
The Indian opener was caught ball-watching as he was struggling on his way to a double, resulting in a near run-out and an opportunity to stop the run leaking for the Windies side. A certain moment of glory almost turned intoꦍ calamity for both Rohit - one that was made possible by Lewis’ athleticism and presence of mind.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the incident:
You gotta be kidding Lewis!
Unbelievable effort!
That was something special from Evin Lewis. Wow!!
— 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗶 (@GautamSodhi1)
That was just brilliant!
Jaw Dropping... Evin Lewis with one-handed effort saves a six, throws ball inside as he hops over ropes. And his throw was world 🃏class Rohit Sharma survived
— I_am_Priya (@marathimulgii)
It was something special!
Some fantastic fielding effort by
— Subhash Singh (@subh0037)
Stunning piece of fielding by Lewis!
What a save by Evin Lewis and then a quick recove🌠ry to aim at the stumps. Bril💫liantl.
— SHOBHIT KUKRETI (@KukretiShobhit)
Excellent effort!
🥃That's an extraordinary effort by at the boundary line🙏🙏🙏 Almost pulls off a world class catch with an incredible effect
— Jaan 💜💙💜 (@Myself_Jaanu)
True!
Wow, Evin Lewis! One thing T20 cricket has given to the game is these brilliant efforts on the boundary line by the fielders💦. This format🐟 needs fitter and athletic players.
— divy_solanki12 (@dvsolanki2002)
Simply outstanding!
How good an effort was that from Evin Lewis! Bowlersꦺ need such support from fielders on a wicket like this.
— Prasenjit Dey 📰 (@CricPrasen)
Hahahaha!
No! No way! You can not do that Evin Lewis.
— Amitesh (@_amiteshSingh_)
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