Josh Hazlewood Statement On Dropped Virat Kohli Catch
On Sunday, the fast bowler of team Australia, Josh Hazlewood, absolved Mitchell Marsh of blame for committing one of cricket's biggest sins, dropping a catch that would have seen the back of India superstar Virat Kohli.
While Chasing the target of 200 runs to win their high-profile World Cup clash, India looked like slipping to 20-4 when Kohli top-edged a pull to the square leg where Marsh was waiting to gobble up the catch. However, possibly distracted by wicketkeeper Alex Carey also rushing to the danger area, Marsh let the ball slip to the ground.
At the time, Kohil had made only 12 runs. He went on to hit his 67th ODI half-century before being finally dismissed for 85, successfully caught by Marnus Labuschagne off Hazlewood. With K.L. Rahul at 97, he put on a match-winning 165 for the fourth wicket.
Hazlewood, who took three of the four Indian wickets to fall on Sunday, said, "I didn't think Carey could get there. I think it was Mitch's catch, and probably just Carey got quite close in the end, so it might have just put Mitch off.” He further said, "Yeah, he dropped a catch; it's one of those things that happens, and everyone's training hard and working hard off the field to hang on to them. So, yeah, we'll continue on."
