Glenn Phillips takes stunning catch to dismiss Virat Kohli, watch

Before the match, Phillips was asked in the press conference about the incredible catches he takes. Jokingly, a reporter, wondered: ‘Any particular glue stick you use?’ Philllips, the understated New Zealand cricketer that he is, said: “I think a great deal of luck comes involved. I wish I could say that I’ve got a special little glue tag that I use, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. If anything, my palms are more sweaty than anything else. Obviously comes down to a lot of hard work and doing the basics as much as I can and then sometimes luck just plays a good part in it.”

If it is luck, Phillips must be like Domino (a mutant who describes her superpower as luck but it is actually an ability to alter probabilities) in the Deadpool movie. On Sunday, Phillips pulled off another stunner in the ICC Champions Trophy. This one left Virat Kohli awestruck in his 300th ODI. The Indian star absolutely belted a square cut to a short ball wide outside offstump, and the ball seemed to be flying towards the boundary, but Phillips put in a dive like an eagle, and plucked the ball from behind his right shoulder. It was the second time he had done so in the tournament, the previous one coming against Pakistan when he flung himself to his left. “We kind of expect that from Glenn,” captain Mitch Santner had said back then. It has just become a habit for the world’s best fielder at the moment… but it makes your jaw drop every time.

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