With the Indian Premier League (IPL) set to start on September 19, Kings XI Punjab fielding coach Jonty Rhodes relived his legendary fielding abilities in a video posted on Twitter by the membership. The previous South Africa cricketer replied to the video, tweeting, “By no means too outdated to have enjoyable within the @lionsdenkxip Can nonetheless handle to fly at 51, simply the touchdown is slightly bumpy #SaddaPunjab”. The video posted by KXIP reveals Rhodes carry out two high-quality diving catches.
The membership had captioned the video as, “Did you ‘catch’ that? #SaddaPunjab #Dream11IPL @JontyRhodes8”.
The 51-year-old is taken into account one of many best South African cricketers, and was recognized top-of-the-line fielders within the enterprise. He was additionally well-known for his fast operating whereas batting. He performed for his nationwide group between 1992 and 2003.
Submit-retirement, Rhodes obtained into commentating and training roles in cricket. He was additionally the fielding coach of Mumbai Indians prior to now.
IPL 2020 will happen within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of the rising coronavirus circumstances in India. KXIP will probably be hoping to have a very good match. The group did not qualify for the play-offs throughout the 2019 version, after registering 12 factors with six wins, in 14 matches.
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With KL Rahul as captain, KXIP will play their first match towards Delhi Capitals on September 20. The primary match of the franchise-based T20 league will probably be between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Tremendous Kings.
The three stadiums in UAE which can host the matches are Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
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