Roelof van der Merwe Took Flying Catch: The match between India and Netherlands in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 took place last night i.e. on 18 February. This match was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Roelof van der Merwe of Netherlands took a surprising catch while flying in the air. Let us tell you, he is 41 years old but he showed the agility of a 21 year old young player. Van der Merwe has previously played international cricket for South Africa, while in 2015, Roelof van der Merwe made his international debut for the Netherlands. He is part of the Netherlands team in this T20 World Cup.

Roelof van der Merwe took the catch of Tilak Verma

In the match against India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Roelof van der Merwe of Netherlands took the catch of Tilak Verma. Tilak Verma shot the last ball of the 9th over to the right of long off. Van der Merwe was fielding there. He ran towards his right, flew into the air and caught the ball with both hands. In this way he ended the innings of Tilak Verma.

Undoubtedly, the Greatest ever catch by 41-year-old Roelof van der Merwe in T20 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/3YqgqGROY4

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Tilak Verma is not getting runs from his bat.

Tilak Verma is one of the leading batsmen of Team India. However, in this tournament he has scored runs but is not able to play freely. In this match, Tilak scored 31 runs on 27 balls. He scored 25 runs on 24 balls against Pakistan, 25 runs on 21 balls against Namibia and 25 runs on 16 balls against America. Tilak Verma had surgery before the T20 World Cup and he could not play the T20 series against New Zealand.

Van der Merwe has taken such catches before too

Talking about Roelof van der Merwe, he has experience of playing 372 T20 International matches. In this he has scored 3215 runs along with taking 342 wickets. Van der Merwe is a left arm spin bowler. He keeps taking amazing catches on the field. In the 2022 T20 World Cup, he took the catch of David Miller while running backwards. Because of that catch, Netherlands won over South Africa.

Jasprit Bumrah Will Not Be Rested Against Netherlands: Team India has reached the Super 8 in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, but the Indian team still has to play its last match of the group stage against Netherlands. Before this match, Team India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said on Tuesday, February 18, that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will not be rested in the last match of Group A against Netherlands. In the match against Pakistan on Sunday, 15 February, Bumrah took important wickets of Saim Ayub and captain Salman Ali Aga, due to which Pakistan had to face a crushing defeat by 61 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah will not be given rest

The sports science team of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is managing Jasprit Bumrah’s workload with caution. Therefore they are given rest from time to time. However, Team India’s batting batsman Sitanshu Kotak said in the press conference before the match, ‘I do not think that Bumrah will be rested. Will take a decision about this later.

Sitanshu Kotak gave a positive reply about Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek could not play against Namibia due to stomach infection, while he was out for zero against Pakistan. Kotak said, ‘His health was not well. In the last match he was out in the first over. We don’t want to analyze too much. Now he is fine.

Sitanshu Kotak praised Ishan Kishan fiercely

Praising wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan, Sitanshu Kotak said, ‘He is full of confidence since his early days. This helps in T20 cricket. Since the start of the World Cup, we have seen that any team can defeat any team and that is why every match is important.