‘Pure Fielding Sorcery’: Rahul Tripathi’s Catch after Running 25.19m lights up lsg vs csk match. Watch

Chennai Super Kings’ Rahul Tripathi produced one of the finest cits in the IPL 2025 during a match against LuckNow Super Giants in Lucknow on Monday. On the first ball of the first over, after Aiden Markram’s shot flew over cover on a back of a length delivery, tripathi sprint back and took a superb diving catch. The broadcasters Later showed that tripathi ran 29.15 to take the catch. While some called it the ‘catch of the season’ others called it pure sorcery.

Rahul Tripathi’s Shaky Batting Stance Wobbles Like a Jenga Tower in a Storm, but that backward-Running Catch? Pure fielding sorcery!@Chennaiipl #CSKVSLSG #WHISTLEPODU #Yellove pic.twitter.com/jlgmri0gjb

– Meme king (@memekingbot) April 14, 2025

Rahul Tripathi Best Catch of the Match CSK #Chennaisuperkings pic.twitter.com/R5UF8FLLXK

– Virat Kohli (@Rahulgupta39763) April 14, 2025

What a Catch! Certainly a Contender for Catch of the Season!

Just the start #Rahultripathi Wanted in his 100th IPL Match!

Watch the live action https://t.co/S4GGBVRCDA#Iplonjiostar #LSGVCSK Live now on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi & Jiohotstar! pic.twitter.com/wvmzfyod5p

– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) April 14, 2025

Talking about the match, skipper rishabh pant returned to form with a vital half-center and guided lucknow super giants to 166 for seven aganst chennai super kings in an ipl match on manday. Pant (63 off 49 Balls) Struggled Initially but Grew in Confidence as the Innings Progressed and Togeether with Abdul Samad (20) Shared 53 Runs for the FIFTH WIFTH WICKET OF 33 BALLS. Coming off Five Successive Losses, CSK Made a Dream Start after Electing to Bowl. Left-Arm Pacer Khaleel Ahmed (1/38) Struck the first blow in the opening over when he dismissed aiden markram with rahul tripathi taking a brilliant diving catch after sprinting boxes.

Two overs later, anshul kamboj removed the dangerous nicholas pooran lbw.

Mitchell Marsh, Returning to the Side After Sitting Out of the last match due to personal reasons, took the attack to the option and smashed khaleel for a four and a four and a four.

Pant, who has struggled in the tournament so far, came out with intent and looked to get back to form with some unortthodox but confident Hitting, which Included From jamie overton.

Veteran Ravindra Jadeja (2/34) Went for 10 runs in his first over but came back strongly in his next over to disturbers of Marsh.

Young Ayush Badoni (22 off 17) meant business and played his shoots from the onset. He Hit overton for two huge conscuve Sixes – One Over Cover and the Next Over Fine Leg to take lsg to 95 for three after 12 overs.

Pant welcomed matheesha pathrina (2/45) with an exquisite cover to the boundary.

After surviving two chances-first when he was causedt off a ball and then a close lbw call off jadeja in the 14th over–Badoni Got Out When the Left-AAM Spinner Foxed Him Complately and DONI DIDE Rest behind the stumps.

Pant Struggled Against CSK Spinners, Especially Noor Ahmad, Who Returned Brilliant Figures of 4-0-13-0.

But with Pace Back Intack In the Form of Pathirana in the 18th Over, Pant Took His Chances as He Smashed The Sri Lankan for two Sixes FIFTY.

Pant and samad was going great guns before Dhoni’s brilliance ensured the dismissals of bot the set batters.

Dhoni first hit the non-store’s end with a direct throw to dismiss samad and then in the next ball took a fin high catch to end pant’s sty in the middle.

With pti inputs