Published 09:27 IST, October 31st 2019

UAE's Rameez Shehzad does a Ben Stokes, grabs a one-handed blinder

United Arab Emirates batsman Ramez Shehzad pulled off a spectacular one-handed catch against Scotland to get rid of George Munsey on Wednesday in WC qualifiers

Reported by: Koushik Narayanan
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) batsman Ramez Shehzad pulled off a spectacular one-handed catch against Scotland to get rid of George Munsey on Wednesday in ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers. Rameez Shehzad's catch took cricket fans a few months behind when England's Ben Stokes pulled off same catch against South Africa in World Cup. Fans couldn't wonder and t debate about who did it better - Stokes or Shehzad. However, Rameez Shehzad's efforts went in vain as Scotland won match comfortably by 90 runs. Rameez Shehzad, who was standing near boundary line, leaped to air to grab a one-handed blinder, in what looked like a ditto remake of Ben Stokes taking catch. 

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Rameez Shehzad does a Ben Stokes

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It happened in 35th over of Proteas run chase at World Cup which was bowled by Adil Rashid and Andile Phehlukwayo was on strike. On very first delivery, Rashid tossed one in middle while latter went for a slog sweep. However, he found Stokes on boundary, who stretched his right hand up ball and moved to his left to take an unbelievable catch. catch left Proteas batsman shell-shocked as South Africa found mselves in even deeper trouble at 180/7.  all-rounder's catch was biggest talking point on social media. Even cricket experts hailed Stokes' brilliant catch by calling it as 'Catch of tournament'.

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09:07 IST, October 31st 2019