After her catch turned a rage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too turned Harleen Deol’s fan as he posted about her excellent catch on his Instagram story. The 23-year-old had taken a surprising catch of Amy Jones, on the boundary throughout the first T20I between India and England. Since then Deol has grow to be a darling of the nation, and has managed to catch PM Modi’s consideration too.
Modi wrote: “Phenomenal, nicely achieved”. Here’s the post:
Harleen Deol took a magnificent catch on the boundary, to get rid of Amy Jones in the 19th over of the first innings. The catch is a testimony to India’s rising stature in fielding, and many fans took to Twitter to praise the effort of the youngster.
Amy Jones tried to clear the boundary on the off side, but Deol timed her jump to perfection and saved a certain six. She then quickly dived forward to catch the ball inside the boundary.
Indian women’s T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday credited coach Abhay Sharma for the team’s considerable improvement in fielding, saying his “little adjustments” and “particular person classes” with the players are paying rich dividends. Harmanpreet and Harleen Deol pulled off splendid catches in the rain-hit first T20I which England won by 18 runs here on Friday night.
“When you play a team game, you need a momentum and it can come from any member of the team. When I took the catch, it created a sort of energy in the team and then Harleen also took a brilliant catch. So to create that energy, you need to take some extra effort,” Harmanpreet stated throughout the digital press convention.
“Throughout the sport, our floor fielding was good, we saved quite a lot of runs, and we additionally took some sensible catches, so I believe it’s a nice signal that our fielding has improved loads.”
(With agencies)
Meanwhile, Team India play against England in the second T20I on July 11, and the match begins at 7 pm.
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