Jaipur, India

Gujarat Titans (GT) all-rounder Vijay Shankar took a stunning and stumbling catch near the boundary against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on April 10. Shankar took the catch to dismiss RR's Riyan Parag who had already scored 76 off just 47 balls.

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The catch happened in the 19th over of RR's innings with Parag looking to charge against Mohit Sharma. The GT bowler, who had already been hit for a six earlier in the over, bowled a slower ball. Parag muscled the ball towards long-off where Shankar took a fantastic catch. Have a look at the video below:

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Earlier, Gujarat won the toss and elected to field first against RR, who have been unbeaten in the tournament so far. GT started well by keeping both RR openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler, in check. Jaiswal was eventually caught behind off Umesh Yadav after throwing his bat around for a 19-ball 24.

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With the wicket, Umesh created history and became the fifth Indian pacer to claim 200 or more wickets in all T20s. Yadav now has exact 200 wickets in 191 matches and ahead of him are Harshal Patel with 215 wickets, Jaydev Unadkat with 221 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah with 265 wickets, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 291 wickets in all T20s.

Buttler also departed soon after Jaiswal and RR finished the powerplay with 43/2. Skipper Sanju Samson then joined Parag at the crease and the duo smashed GT bowlers all around the park. They added 130 runs for the third wicket in 13 overs before Parag was dismissed.

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Shimron Hetmyer then played a cameo of 13 off 5 as RR finished at 196/3 in 20 overs. Skipper Samson stayed unbeaten on 68 off 38 balls. For GT, spinner Rashid Khan was sensational, giving away just 18 runs in four overs and taking a wicket as well. All other GT bowlers were sent to cleaners with a minimum economy of 9.25 by Spencer Johnson.