New Zealand's Mitchell Santner was at his acrobatic best in Chepauk on Wednesday as he pulled off a gravity-defying catch to help his teammate Lockie Ferguson dismiss the Afghanistan captain Hasmatullah Shahidi.
The incident happened on the final delivery of the 14th over. Ferguson who is renowned for his lethal pace tested Shahidi with a well-directed short delivery and the latter could somehow put his bat to the ball after being hurried into the pull shot.
Shahidi swivelled to play the pull shot but the contact wasn't great and the ball ballooned towards the square leg region. Santner, who was patrolling the square leg region anticipated the catch brilliantly and leapt in the air to pull off what will certainly go down as one of the best catches in the ongoing tournament.
Santner backpedalled, timed his jump to perfection and grabbed the ball remaining midway suspended in the air.
Santner's spectacular grab left the spectators spellbound and brought an end to Shahidi's laborious struggle in the middle. Shahidi didn't seem like taking Afghanistan's run-chase the desired way and got out at an individual score of 8 off 29 balls at a strike rate of 27.58, with just a solitary boundary.
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