South African legend AB de Villiers pulled off a superhuman effort to make possible a relay catch in the World Championship of Legends 2025 match against India at County Ground in Northampton. The former South African captain slid expertly enough to not touch the boundary rope and threw it to Sarel Erwee, who took the catch reasonably comfortably.
WCL 2025: Dwayne Bravo & Fidel Edwards Light Up Crowd With Iconic Dance Moves During WI C Vs ENG C Match; VideoThe incident occurred in the ninth over of the innings sent down by leg-spinner Imran Tahir as Yusuf Pathan slogged it over wide long-on. Although de Villiers had taken the catch but realized that the momentum was taking him over the rope. Hence, he threw the ball to the nearby fielder and Erwee took the catch to give Tahir a wicket.
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๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐โ๏ธ
— FanCode (@FanCode) July 22, 2025
Even after four years away from the game, he's making the impossible look easy ๐ฎโ๐จ#WCL2025 #ABD pic.twitter.com/ixmXJ6YBSK
AB de Villiers top-scored for South Africa champions with 63
Earlier in the night, the 41-year-old top-scored for the Proteas with a 30-ball 63, laced with three fours and four sixes. Hashim Amla and Jacques Rudolph opened the innings to give their side a decent start, stitching a 35-run stand. Amla and Rudolph made brisk 24 and 22, respectively.
But it was De Villiers' knock that provided the Proteas the real impetus. JP Duminy (16), Wayne Parnell (11) and JJ Smuts (30) also played useful cameos to carry South Africa champions to 208/6 in 20 overs. For India, Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla snared two wickets each.
At the time of writing this, India were staring at a huge defeat as they were 111/8 in 18 overs. They eventually lost by 88 runs, suffering a defeat in their first completed match.
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