{"id":347734,"date":"2023-11-19T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T10:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347734"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:02:07","slug":"unbelievable-diving-catch-silences-130000-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347734","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Unbelievable&#039; diving catch silences 130,000 fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian batsman Travis Head has taken one of the best catches of the Cricket World Cup, removing India&#x27;s danger man Rohit Sharma in stunning fashion.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Sharma was getting comfortable at the crease, with his signature aggressive batting style on show in the 10th over, \ufeffuntil a mishit from a dance down the pitch to Glenn Maxwell&#x27;s spin was caught at deep cover by Head.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian opener fell just short of another half century, dismissed for 47 off just 31 balls, as Maxwell went berserk.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/world-cup-2023-ian-chappell-praises-virat-kohli-as-best-batsman-ever-ahead-of-india-australia-final\/edb6a345-20f5-45ba-b600-a42aed6b72f7\" title=\"Kohli labelled &#x27;best batsman of his era&#x27; ahead of final\ufeff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kohli labelled &#x27;best batsman of his era&#x27; ahead of final\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/world-cup-2023-australia-india-final-glenn-maxwell-adam-zampa-ian-chappell-exclusive\/2aaa2ef1-22ad-479b-989b-3fae6c7de580\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pressure dumped on Maxwell as Zampa fizzle tipped\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pressure dumped on Maxwell as Zampa fizzle tipped<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/world-cup-2023-pat-cummins-wants-to-silence-india-during-final-pitch-drama\/06b57953-87c8-44ac-a74c-bfc045f1b510\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Cummins&#x27; &#x27;aim&#x27; as Aussies await heaving crowd\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cummins&#x27; &#x27;aim&#x27; as Aussies await heaving crowd\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"0f5ad759-c0f4-435f-a89d-5d6cec1816ed\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/0f5ad759-c0f4-435f-a89d-5d6cec1816ed\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"2054\" data-height=\"1413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australian cricketing legend Shane Watson was blown away by the grab, which silenced the 130,000-strong Indian crowd on their home soil.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Unbelievable Travis Head. It&#x27;s never easy running back over your shoulder, particularly when it&#x27;s Rohit Sharma. He&#x27;s made great ground here,&quot; Watson said in commentary.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Hayden said the catch took &quot;great courage in the field&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"f8ff1fd6-a0ba-44ed-9eda-27b6cc029d18\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/f8ff1fd6-a0ba-44ed-9eda-27b6cc029d18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4412\" data-height=\"2942\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It stopped India and its fans in their tracks, with the ground falling silent for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFrom there, India went from 1-76 to 3-80, as Australia&#x27;s fielders took control in the first innings.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Australia take on India in the Cricket World Cup final live and free on Channel Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stream.9now.com.au\/r8XctXoLDDb\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the 28th over, Indian superstar Virat Kohli was bowled out in a surprising manner, chopping on to a back-of-a-length delivery from Pat Cummins.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is a massive wicket,&quot; Indian legend Ravi Shastri said on commentary. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;All of the Ahmedabad crowd are in disbelief,&quot; Mark Taylor said on Nine&#x27;s coverage. \ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australian batsman Travis Head has taken one of the best catches of the Cricket World Cup, removing India&#x27;s danger man Rohit Sharma in stunning fashion.\ufeff <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347734\" title=\"&#039;Unbelievable&#039; diving catch silences 130,000 fans\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347739,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734\/revisions\/347739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/347736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}