Sri Lanka international Kamindu Mendis caught one of IPL’s best catches in history to end Dewald Brevis’ stay in the match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the ongoing IPL 2025. The South Africa interantional went unsold in the auction, but following an injury to Gurjapneet Singh, the 21-year-old was signed by the five-time champions. In his debut match for CSK against Hyderabad, Brevis looked in brilliant touch, scoring 42 runs off 25 balls before Kamindu picked up a phenomenal catch to end his stay.
In the 13th over of the match, Brevis attempted a glory shot, and he was very close to getting a boundary out of it. However, Kamindu, who was stationed at long off, covered some good distance and jumped at full stretch to complete the catch with both his hands. Usually, players try to grab it with one hand, but since Kamindu is ambidextrous, he went with both hands and grabbed one of the greatest catches of the tournament.
SRH choke CSK at their home ground
Mohammed Shami picked up a wicket in the very first ball of the match as SK Rasheed departed for a golden duck. After his departure, Ayush Mhatre tried to revamp the innings but CSK kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Sam Curran, who was promoted to number three, departed for nine runs off 10 balls while Mhatre, who was the only batter to look in good form, made 30 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube departed scoring 21 and 12 runs respectively. Brevis kept the team in the hunt for the majority of the time but after his departure, things changed drastically as CSK batters seemed to be under immense pressure. Wickets forced MS Dhoni to arrive early but the captain failed to make a mark in his 400th T20 match. The legendary cricketer made six runs off 10 balls as CSK posted 154 runs on board. Harshal Patel picked up four wickets for SRH.
