Watch: Dushmantha Chameera puts on his cape, takes absolute stunner against Kolkata Knight Riders
Dushmantha Chameera catch (Screengrab)
NEW DELHI: In a thrilling clash between
Delhi Capitals
(DC) and
Kolkata Knight Riders
(KKR) on Tuesday, Sri Lankan pacer
Dushmantha Chameera
stole the spotlight with an unbelievable catch that might just go down as the best of the
IPL 2025
season.
The moment came in the last over of the KKR innings, and it left everyone stunned, including his own teammates.
It was the 19.4 over of KKR's innings when
Mitchell Starc
bowled a full delivery on the pads to
Anukul Roy
.
The batter whipped it cleanly toward the boundary at backward square leg. It looked destined to clear the rope -- until Chameera sprinted to his left, flung himself horizontally in the air, and completed a two-handed screamer just inches from the ground.
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The crowd erupted, the commentators went wild, and even Starc couldn't hide his disbelief. That dismissal left Roy stunned and earned Chameera hugs and high-fives from all corners.
Earlier in the same over, Starc had trapped
Rovman Powell
LBW with a searing yorker.
One ball later,
Andre Russell
was run out for a fiery 17(9) by Abishek Porel. In the last four-ball sequence, KKR lost three wickets for just one run, crumbling from 203/6 to 204/9.
Despite an aggressive start powered by Rahmanullah Gurbaz (26 off 12) and Sunil Narine (27 off 16), KKR were restricted to 204/9 in 20 overs.
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Vipraj Nigam and Axar Patel struck crucial blows in the middle overs, while Starc ended with 3/43, including nine runs in his final over.
Chameera, with just one wicket to his name, delivered the moment that defined the night, a reminder that even one piece of brilliance can shift the energy of a match.
His jaw-dropping catch might not just be the play of the game, but one of the best of IPL 2025 so far.
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