England pacemaker Stuart Broad has reacted to the now-viral incident involving Virat Kohli in which he made an outing after dropping Matthew Wade’s catch in the second T20I India-Australia on Sunday.
England’s Stuart Broad, James Anderson (left) and Virat Kohli (Reuters Images)
HIGHLIGHT
- Does it remind you of anything from James Anderson? Broad has tweeted
- Virat Kohli left a babysitter before running out of Wade in the same installment
- Video of the incident has gone viral
India secured an emphatic 6 wicket victory over Australia in the second T20I on Sunday and in the process also secured the series by taking an impregnable 2-0 lead in Sydney. India chased a good 195 run goal with 2 balls remaining while Hardik Pandya went berserk in the finals. The result of the match shows that a few more runs from the Australian side could have made things difficult for India. Backup captain Matthew Wade was in full flow as he made 58 runs on just 32 balls as he opened for his side.
Wade was in sublime form but fate was what abandoned the southpaw. During the eighth of innings, India captain Virat Kohli knocked him down on covers. The 32-year-old had given up hope as he watched the ball slowly drift towards his Indian counterpart, who is a weapons fielder, but what happened next was a comic tragedy for the Australian.
Kohli dropped a babysitter, but grabbed the ball quickly to take out an unfortunate Wade. Twitter was abuzz after the incident and his video soon went viral. He also successfully caught the attention of English leader Stuart Broad. The lanky pacemaker shared the video and tagged fellow pacemaker James Anderson, asking if the ‘chaos’ reminds him of anything.
Courtesy- Twitter
What a calamity! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/2NeeTB4ixT
– cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 6, 2020
For those wondering, Stuart Broad was hinting at a similar incident that happened during England’s Test series against Pakistan earlier this year. James Anderson was sitting on 597 proving grounds and was one field away from his 29th course of five wickets when Broad had dropped a dolly midway. Like Kohli, Broad recovered early to grab the dropped ball and shoot it straight into the stumps to fire Mohammad Abbas, who was trying to seize an opportunity to steal a single and lead his then captain Azhar Ali at the non-forward end. . .
– Jonny Meeson (@JMeeson) December 6, 2020
