India vs Sri Lanka: Ishan Kishan explains how he took superb catch to dismiss Charith Asalanka in 1st T20I; watch video

Team India’s young wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan on Tuesday bagged a stupendous catch in the first T20I against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Running backward, Kishan covered a huge distance to pull off a blinder to dismiss Charith Asalanka of Umran Malik’s delivery.

The incident took place on the final ball of the seventh over, when Asalanka, who couldn’t’ handle Malik’s fiery pace, mistimed his pull following which the ball went straight up in the air. Notably, Kishan ran a huge distance before making a brilliant dive to take the catch while ensuring that fine-leg fielder Harshal Patel stays away from the ball to avoid the collision.

Meanwhile, in a video shared by BCCI, Kishan opened up on the stunner and said that his plan was to ‘go all out’ for the catch.

Decoding @ishankishan51’s superb running catch