WATCH: Ball boy took a great catch, Jonty Rhodes reached for interview

 

During the 54th match of IPL 2024, the players of Lucknow Supergiants and Kolkata Knight Riders not only made headlines but also during this match, a ball boy also won everyone's heart by taking a catch. This catch was seen during Lucknow's innings when Marcus Stoinis hit a six over the third man and the ball boy named Atharva standing outside the boundary took a brilliant catch.

The catching technique of this ball boy was so good that even the fielding coach Jonty Rhodes sitting in the dugout of Lucknow could not stop himself from clapping. Not only this, Rhodes also met this ball boy after the match and interviewed him. During this, Rhodes was seen praising this child and Boy Boy also told that he is a big fan of Jonty Rhodes. You can watch the video of this interesting interview below.

If we talk about this match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 98 runs in the IPL 2024 match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday (6 May). After being invited to bat first, KKR scored a huge score of 235 runs at the loss of 6 wickets on the basis of a stormy half-century by Sunil Narayan (81). In response, Lucknow was all out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Apart from Marcus Stoinis (36) and KL Rahul (25), no other player stayed at the crease for long.

This is KKR's eighth win in 11 matches and the team has reached first place in the points table with 16 points. With this resounding win, KKR's net run rate has increased to +1.453. KKR defeated Rajasthan Royals, who slipped to second place. Rajasthan also has 16 points, but is far behind KKR in terms of net run rate.