Legend of the year can now officially be awarded to 31-year-old Sunjay Ganda, whose status has been supremely elevated today for nailing a one-handed crowd catch at the Cricket World Cup.
At the World Cup’s opening match in Christchurch, New Zealand’s match against Sri Lanka took a thrilling turn after a Blackcaps hit sailed into the crowd and into the hand of Ganda. It’s textbook, flawless and it injected some genuinely lively atmosphere into the one day match.
Ganda could be taking home as much as NZ$1 million (around AU$960,000) for the heroic catch, following a New Zealand beer brand’s “catch a million” promotion, which is exactly as it sounds – provided punters wear the promotional orange t-shirt. For every Blackcaps move to another stage—quarter finals, semi finals, finals—the prize money increases. It’s currently sitting at NZ$250,000.
For those of you playing at home, New Zealand won their opening match against Sri Lanka today by 98 runs. They’ll be facing off against Australia at midday on 28 February in Auckland.
Watch the stuff dreams are made of play out below.
Via SMH.
