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‘That Was Spiderman Stuff,’ Virat All Praise for AB’s Unreal Catch

IPL 2018: AB de Villiers takes the craziest catch to dismiss Alex Hales.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs on Thursday night and while the win means RCB stay in the hunt for the play-offs, the biggest moment of the match has to be AB de Villiers’ ‘spiderman catch’ to get Alex Hales out.

Virat Kohli’s words not ours.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's chase was into its eighth over when their English opener Alex Hales launched spinner Moeen Ali into the night sky at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium for what looked like his fourth six.

Patrolling the deep mid-wicket boundary, de Villiers, however, believed and proved otherwise.

Known for his superb athleticism, the South Africa leapt high and instinctively stretched out his right hand to pluck the ball swirling away from him.

And his job was not done yet.

When he landed, the Royal Challengers Bangalore fielder also had to ensure the momentum did not take him across the rope, which would have ruined a moment of breathtaking fielding brilliance.

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That was Spiderman stuff. You don’t do that as normal human beings. I thought it was going for a six and then he pulls it out. Then the jump and the balance. He can do freakish things. I’m used to it now. His shots still leave me in awe but his fielding I am pretty used to and ya, that was fun to watch.
Virat Kohli
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Virat later also took to Instagram to shower more praise on the South African. The caption of the picture read, ‘Saw Spiderman live today.’

Saw #SpiderMan Live today! 😮 @abdevilliers17 #RCBvsSRH #IPL2018

A post shared by Virat Kohli (@virat.kohli) on

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Virat, of course, was not the only one in awe of AB’s fielding prowess.

Compatriot and former South Africa batsman Jonty Rhodes called the catch "insane", high praise coming from the fielding great, but de Villiers was his modest self when describing the moment.

"I made it look better than it was," the 34-year-old said after being adjudged man-of-the-match.

"I got in a bad position. The ball had a little bit curve on it. The minute I took the jump, I realised it was a little bit outside of my body... Luckily it stuck."

Former India test bowler RP Singh tweeted a photograph of de Villiers, with a flowing red cape, taking the 'superman' catch.

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