Pollard leapt into the air to grab the ball, but he nearly tripped at the boundary. However, he threw the ball back in, fell over the boundary, got up, got back in, and dived forward just in time to catch the ball before it hitting the ground.
Alex Hales hung back and pulled Moeen Ali’s short ball on the off side to the deep mid-wicket boundary. AB ran to his right, jumped high, and made a spectacular catch with his right hand. His catch earned him the nickname “Superman.”
The game was tense, with Bangalore needing six from three balls to win against Kolkata. Vinay Kumar bowled a length delivery to AB de Villiers, who flicked it to deep mid-wicket but Lynn kept the ball in the air, and made sure he didn’t touch the rope.