Amidst the controversy over Surya's brilliant catch, South African legend made a big statement, said- 'That catch is real…'

Suryakumar Yadav catch controversy: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team created history on 29 June itself. Defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final of T20 World Cup 2024 and won the title for the second time. After this victory, apart from Virat Kohli's batting, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh's bowling were also discussed a lot. But the catch of David Miller taken by Suryakumar Yadav on the first ball of the last over is most discussed. Surya took this catch on the boundary, which was a match winner. But now many people are criticizing this catch.

Big statement from South African legend

Critics have called this catch wrong. Some of them believe that Surya's foot touched the boundary line during the catch. While some people are saying that the boundary line was pushed back before the catch. Some people are also sharing pictures with this claim. Many legends including former South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock have given the right answer on the issue of touching the boundary. He has given a befitting reply to the critics by calling this catch fair. He said that the catch was indeed correct. Now as far as pushing the boundary line back is concerned, this controversy is also wrong.

What is the reality of retreat from the border line?

In fact, many people shared the photo and claimed that when Surya took the catch, two boundary lines were visible there. A white stripe appears as a line. A separate boundary is visible behind it. Critics claim that the actual boundary was that white line, but before the last over the boundary was moved behind that white line.

The controversy over Surya's catch is wrong

Whereas this claim is completely false. The truth is that in the pre-final match played on this ground, the white line was the boundary. In that match, the boundary was up to that white line only. But in the final, the boundary looked small according to the pitch, so before the title match, the boundary was moved behind the white line, that is, before the final match, the boundary behind the white line was fixed, which was the same for both the Indian and South African teams. After Surya's catch, the commentators took notice and then created a ruckus over it.