Shreyas Iyer Takes ‘Catch Of The Season’ To Dismiss Hardik Pandya In MI vs PBKS; Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav Shocked. watch
Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma react after Shreyas Iyer’s acrobatic effort.© X/Twitter
Shreyas Iyer was at his acrobatic finest as he took a fantabulous catch to dismiss Hardik Pandya in a Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings IPL 2026 match in Mumbai on Thursday. The catch got here on the third ball of the 18th over bowled by Marco Jansen. Mumbai Indians had simply hit a six and have been beginning to look harmful. The third supply of the over would have additionally gone previous the boundary however for Iyer. Iyer ran in from long-on and leapt to reverse-cup the ball whereas airborne earlier than throwing it to Xavier Bartlett. Replays confirmed that Iyer had launched the ball on time. After finishing the catch, Iyer gestured to the Mumbai crowd, urging them to applaud.
SHREYAS IYER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!
One of one of the best catches you’ll see within the #TATAIPL historical past
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2026
Catch of the season by shreyas iyer
Even Rohit Sharma is shocked #mivspkbs #iplt20 #shreyasiyer #rohitsharma #sky #ipl2026 pic.twitter.com/0icz7NDoeP— vk_byts (@dr_v_byts) April 16, 2026
A belligerent century from Quinton de Kock (112 not out) and a gritty 50 from Naman Dhir pulled Mumbai Indians out of doldrums and lifted them to an under-par 195/6 towards Punjab Kings of their Indian Premier League match right here on Thursday.
Confined to warming the bench up to now, de Kock changed Rohit Sharma and smacked his third IPL hundred to guide an inspirational fightback for the troubled Mumbai Indians, who had slipped to fifteen/2 in three overs and had their backs firmly pressed towards the wall.
The veteran Protea batter was in his components throughout his unbeaten ton — a 60-ball 112 not out (8x4s, 7x6s) and his first in IPL since 2022 — clobbering the ball powerfully on the leg-side and choosing boundaries with precision and terrific timing on the off.
India and Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh (3/22) swung the ball precariously with immaculate lengths to snaffle two key wickets early on, whereas a 3rd got here late within the innings.
With PTI inputs
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