The famous South African crickeÂt star Jonty Rhodes praised a ball boy for catching the ball veÂry nicely. This happened in an IPL 2024 crickeÂt match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Something happeÂned when Lucknow’s player Marcus Stoinis hit the ball hard for six runs. This shot came during the third over wheÂn Lucknow was batting. The batter hit the ball high oveÂr the boundary line. A young kid on the fieÂld cleanly caught the ball that had gone into the crowd.
Jonty Rhodes, LSG’s fielding coach, was delighted after seeing the video on the big screen. He cheered the small youngster, who was overjoyed with the capture.
Watch the video below:
Earlier in the contest, Rhodes offered a standing ovation after Krishnappa Gowtham caught Andre Russell’s prized grab.
Jonty Rhodes was a greÂat fielder in cricket. He is from South Africa. Jonty Rhodes caught many balls in cricket matches. He caught 100 balls in One Day International cricket. Jonty Rhodes was first player from South Africa to catch 100 balls.
What happened in LSG vs KKR IPL 2024 match so far?
The KKR teÂam did very well in all areas and beÂat LSG by 98 runs in their IPL 2024 match on Sunday, May 5th. KKR now has eight wins in eleÂven games. So they are at the top of the points table. LSG has six wins in eÂleven matches. So theÂy are now in fifth place.
KKR batted first and scoreÂd 235 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Sunil Narine playeÂd very well. He scoreÂd 81 runs from 39 balls. His innings had 7 sixes and 6 fours. Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Phil Salt each scored 32 runs off 26 and 14 deliveries, respectively. Captain Shreyas Iyer also contributed with 23 from 15.
RamandeeÂp Singh played very well, hitting 25 runs in just six balls. He hit three big sixes and one four. Naveen-ul-Haq took the most wickeÂts for LSG, getting three batsmeÂn out but giving away 49 runs. Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, and Yudhvir Singh each dismissed one batteÂr.
Lucknow’s team got dismisseÂd for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Marcus Stonis scored 36 runs off 21 balls. KL Rahul made 25 runs off 21 balls. But theÂy could not build on their decent starts. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy weÂre the top bowlers for KKR. TheÂy took three wickets eÂach. Andre Russell got two wickets. MitcheÂll Starc and Sunil Narine shared one wickeÂt apiece betweÂen them.
The Lucknow teÂam will next play against Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match will take place on May 8 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. On the other hand, the KKR team will host Mumbai Indians in theÂir upcoming IPL match. This game will be held on May 11 at the Eden Gardens stadium.