South Africa’s swashbuckler batsman AB de Villiers is the sight to behold when he is on the ground, does not matter whether he is batting or fielding.
On Thursday, during Royal Challengers last home game at the Chinnaswamy, AB lit up the entire stadium when he took a blinder to dismiss English batsman Alex Hales of the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 8th over during their chase of 219.
Hales struck the ball and it was almost about to cross the boundary when AB took a “SpiderMan catch”.
After the catch, AB was termed as SpiderMan, Superman and AB man.
Here is how people reacted to AB’s catch:
This is how Ab De Villiers saves RCB in IPL #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/DnXIi5pL13
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) May 17, 2018
You could dream about taking the craziest catch, but it won’t beat the reality that @ABdeVilliers17 just showed us #RCBvSRH
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 17, 2018
Marwadi saving money. 😅 pic.twitter.com/4msVGqF6Fd
— Akshay (@AkshayKatariyaa) May 17, 2018
AB Devilliers can catch anything, even Dawood.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) May 17, 2018
Appraisal pic.twitter.com/oSfOxWLx7b
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) May 17, 2018
Kohli right now. #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/HWn8qzpi6a
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) May 17, 2018
You vs the guy she told you not to worry about. pic.twitter.com/VKAnqn4C8W
— Rishabh (@jokebazz) May 17, 2018
Amit Shah catching MLA’s for majority#RCBvSRH #KarnatakaCMRace pic.twitter.com/bMWt9hgw55
— DJ 🎧 (@djaywalebabu) May 17, 2018
CLOSE ENOUGH #RCBvSRH ❤ pic.twitter.com/sbIP2Pld6c
— Subrat Saurabh (@ChickenBiryanii) May 17, 2018
Thanos ko yahi maarega Avengers Infinity wars 2 mein #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/k7xKfsyzDI
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 17, 2018
Hey @BCCI ! Please just give the IPL trophy to AB De Villiers for this catch !!
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 17, 2018
Just seen the replay of that catch; What the Duck was that @vikramsathaye @ABdeVilliers17
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8) May 17, 2018
Superman pic.twitter.com/YbW1inYt51
— SHUBHAM ANAND🇮🇳💖💪 (@shubham91552641) May 17, 2018
Talking about the catch, even RCB skipper Virat Kohli also heaped praises on him.
“That (catch) was freakish, Spiderman stuff. His shots still leave me in awe” @RCBTweets captain @imVkohli is an @ABdeVilliers17 fan just like us #VIVOIPL #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/8B2USSrjgE
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 17, 2018
Kohli at the post-match ceremony said, “That was spiderman stuff (about ABD’s catch). You don’t do that as normal human beings. I thought it was going for a six but he pulled it off. He can do freakish things but I am used to it now. His fielding I am pretty used to now. Need to thank the crowd as it is our last home game.”