The famous South African cricket star Jonty Rhodes praised a ball boy for catching the ball very nicely. This happened in an IPL 2024 cricket match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Something happened when Lucknow’s player Marcus Stoinis hit the ball hard for six runs. This shot came during the third over when Lucknow was batting. The batter hit the ball high over the boundary line. A young kid on the field 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 great 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 team did very well in all areas and beat LSG by 98 runs in their IPL 2024 match on Sunday, May 5th. KKR now has eight wins in eleven games. So they are at the top of the points table. LSG has six wins in eleven matches. So they are now in fifth place.
KKR batted first and scored 235 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Sunil Narine played very well. He scored 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.
Ramandeep 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 wickets for LSG, getting three batsmen out but giving away 49 runs. Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, and Yudhvir Singh each dismissed one batter.
Lucknow’s team got dismissed for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Marcus Stonis scored 36 runs off 21 balls. KL Rahul made 25 runs off 21 balls. But they could not build on their decent starts. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy were the top bowlers for KKR. They took three wickets each. Andre Russell got two wickets. Mitchell Starc and Sunil Narine shared one wicket apiece between them.
The Lucknow team 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 their upcoming IPL match. This game will be held on May 11 at the Eden Gardens stadium.
