IPL 2022 Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Supergiants: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, a match was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans on Monday. During the match, Shubman Gill of Gujarat Titans took such a catch, seeing that Kapil Dev’s catch during the 1983 World Cup was remembered. Suresh Raina, popularly known as Mr IPL, also mentioned this during the commentary.
On the ball of Varun Aaron, Gill took the catch of Evin Lewis by diving backwards, the video of his catch is being shared widely on social media. Let us show you the video of the catch of both Kapil Dev and Shubman Gill, see why Gill’s catch is being compared to Kapil’s catch.
He led India to World Cup glory in 1983 against all the odds.
His catch to dismiss the prize wicket of Viv Richards in the final is one of the most famous catches ever seen in world cricket!
And 6 January it’s his 62nd birthday!
Happy Birthday Kapil Dev! pic.twitter.com/hFXiBfl6nx
— Dan Redford (@danredford70) January 5, 2021
The Indian team scored 183 runs in the 1983 World Cup. In response, West Indies star batsman Viv Richards was playing 33 runs off 27 balls. Richards was playing as if West Indies would easily win the match, but he played a shot in the air off Madan Lal, which Kapil Dev ran back and converted it into a brilliant catch.