Dubai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen some of the best fielding efforts from cricketers all around the world over the years. But on Sunday (September 27), fans got to see the best of all as Nicholas Pooran produced a stunning save in the outfield for Kings XI Punjab against Rajasthan Royals.
The incident happened in the eighth over of Rajasthan Royals’ innings. Sanju Samson pulled a shorter one from KXIP’s Murugan Ashwin. Pooran flung himself and made a full-stretched dive in while hanging in the air as he held onto the ball before throwing it back outside the boundary line to save his team a vital six runs.
From commentator Kevin Pietersen to legendary Sachin Tendulkar can’t stop praising Pooran after his breathtaking save. Sachin gave the West Indies player a huge compliment by calling his save ‘the best he has ever seen’. Let’s look at all the tweets:
This is the best save I have seen in my life. Simply incredible!! 👍#IPL2020 #RRvKXIP pic.twitter.com/2r7cNZmUaw
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 27, 2020
Gravity naamak cheez hi bhula di. Aisa kaise.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 27, 2020
Defied Gravity, Pooran. What a save. pic.twitter.com/1HReADpmVh
Pooran has just produced one of the greatest fielding saves I have ever seen. That was almost two yards over the rope and to pull it back….Wow! Where is this standard of fielding going to take us next….
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 27, 2020
Nicholas Pooran has just pulled off one of the great saves in the game of cricket. Unbelievable awareness.
— Ian bishop (@irbishi) September 27, 2020
That is the best piece of fielding you’ll ever see from Pooran!!!! Wow!!! 😳😳🔥🔥 #IPL2020
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) September 27, 2020
