On The Catch, Suryakumar Yadav said, "I knew that I hadn't touched the rope."
Like Kapil Dev in 1983 and Sreesanth in 2007, SKY was filled with the only thought, "I have to grab this somehow."
The country held its breath for a few excruciatingly long seconds as Kapil Dev waltzed back, Sreesanth retraced a few feet and waited for the ball to fall into his flailing hands, and Suryakumar Yadav dashed to his left, skimming the boundary ropes. For example, in 1983, people waited for nine confidently hopeful seconds for Kapil; in 2007, people worried for four nervous seconds for Sreesanth; and in 2024, people waited for seven bewildered seconds for Surya, not knowing what to anticipate given the multiple dangers around him.
Sreesanth peering up at the sky, Kapil pulling his head behind his left shoulder, and Suryakumar staring at the ball with his feet tiptoeing around the ropes would all fall.
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