So much talk of Suryakumar Yadav’s final T20 catch, India's Harleen Deol did it first in 2021

Chandigarh, July 3

Without doubt, Suryakumar Yadav’s match-winning catch in the T20 World Cup 2024 final was breathtaking, but Harleen Deol did it better in 2021.

Doel–in a match against England –had left commentators speechless and fans in awe as it wasn’t just a catch, but a statement about the evolving standards of women’s cricket.

As old footage of Deol’s catch resurfaced, cricket enthusiasts celebrating Suryakumar Yadav’s match-winning catch were quick to draw comparisons.

Yadav’s catch, a key moment in India’s nail-biting victory over South Africa, has been hailed as one of the greatest in World Cup history, but if we go back to July 2021, Doel, too, was a stunner and had displayed great fielding that deserves all the limelight.

In 2021, during the T20 international against England, Harleen Deol, caught a catch, which was even more spectacular than Yadav’s recent stunner.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, too, had then congratulated Harleen Deol on the ‘phenomenal’ catch.

After a powerful hit from England’s Nat Sciver, Deol leapt at the long-off boundary, caught the ball mid-air, her perfect presence of mind helped her carry her over the rope and then tossed the ball up, crossed the boundary, and dived back in to take the catch.

” So much talk of Surya Kumar Yadav’s catch. Let us see our Harleen Deol in T2O against England!,” wrote one user on X.