Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Daryl Mitchell on Sunday went into the history books with a unique record against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Mitchell, who had a good game where he scored 52 runs, scripted history when he became only the second fielder in IPL’s history to take 5 catches in a match.
Mitchell had a field day on Sunday. CSK batted first and scored 200 runs against SRH on Sunday. Mitchell had a major contribution in the score, hitting 52 runs of 32 balls to help CSK reach a respectable total.
Daryl Mitchell the true all-rounder
However, the twist came during the second innings when he went to field. Mitchell had a role in helping CSK see the back of both SRH openers. Both Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma’s catch was taken by Mitchell off the bowling of Tushar Deshpande.
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Mitchell then proceeded to take catches of Heinrich Klaasen, Shahbaz Ahmed and Pat Cummins to register himself as the second player to take 5 catches in a match in IPL.
Mitchell equals Nabi
Only Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan had taken five catches in a match in the Indian Premier League in 2021 in the SRH vs MI match. Mitchell will surely be a happy man on Sunday.
