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Aaron Johnson takes stunning catch to dismiss Curtis Campher (File Photo:: Internet)
Canada’s star player Aaron Johnson displayed amazing and sensational athleticism against Ireland in the 13th game of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Johnson took an outstanding ‘running catch’ to dismiss Ireland’s star batter Curtis Campher just at the individual score of 4 runs off 7 balls, without any boundary.
The video of Aaron Johnson’s sensational catch also started making rounds on social media as soon as it was shared by ICC on Instagram. Notably, Curtis Campher was one of the last recognised batters to get dismissed in the Irish batter while they were chasing the target of 138 runs in the second innings.
Here’s the video of Aaron Johnson’s amazing catch:
Speaking of the action of the match, the Irish skipper Paul Stirling won the toss and asked Canada to bat first. batting first, Bin Zafar’s men managed to post a total of 137 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Middle-order batter Nicholas Kirton played a crucial knock of 49 runs off 35 balls, with 3 fours and 2 sixes followed by a knock of 37 runs off 36 balls, with 3 fours by wicketkeeper-batter Shreyas Movva. .
Craig Young and Barry McCarthy scalped 2 wickets each, alongside 1 wicket each bagged by Mark Adair and Gareth Delany.
While chasing the target, Canada’s batting attack struggled against Ireland as they kept losing the wickets at regular intervals. They were restricted by Ireland to a total of 125 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the entire 20 overs.
Eventually, Canada won the game by a margin of 12 runs to register their first win in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024. With this win, Canada have moved to the third spot in the Group A points table in the tournament, with a win and a defeat in the two matches they have played so far.