IND vs PAK 2017 Champions Trophy Final: The Champions Trophy was last organized in the year 2017. India and Pakistan reached the final after overcoming one challenge each. The final of the Champions Trophy was played on 18 June 2017, in which the Pakistan team, playing first, scored a huge score of 338 runs. Rohit Sharma was already out in the first over and Virat Kohli was expected to once again become the troubleshooter for Team India. But when Shadab Khan caught him in the third over, the whole world was shocked.
Virat Kohli’s catch was missed and then…
ICC had recently shared a video clip, in which Shadab Khan explained the whole story, how Virat Kohli was caught by Azhar Ali and then on the very next ball, Shadab Khan caught Kohli. Actually, the third over of the innings was going on, Virat Kohli was batting and Mohammad Aamir’s swinging balls were spitting fire from the front. The third ball of the over dodged Kohli and reached Azhar Ali standing in the slips, but he dropped the catch.
Mohammad Aamir was hitting the ground after the catch was dropped on the third ball of the over, coach Mickey Arthur held his head. Pakistan team knew how important Virat Kohli’s wicket was. There was disappointment in the Pakistani camp, but the very next ball took the edge of Virat Kohli’s bat and reached Shadab Khan standing at point. What happened next, Pakistan team started celebrating as if it had won the entire match by dismissing Kohli. Actually, this is what happened because after Kohli’s dismissal, the entire Indian team collapsed.
Shadab Khan revealed
Recalling that exciting moment, Shadab Khan said, “When Azhar Ali dropped the catch, I was standing at the point and I went to him to boost his morale. I was thinking that Kohli is such a player who can come from anywhere. The turn of the match can be reversed. I could not see the ball because the fielder standing at point could only see which direction the bat was moving. I don’t know how I took that catch.”
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