Cricket world in disbelief over 'absurd' Hanuma Vihari moment
The Indian batter fractured his arm, but was still able to come out and bat.
Indian batter Hanuma Vihari has left the cricket world in utter disbelief after coming out to bat one-handed and hitting a reverse shot for four in wild scenes. Andhra's captain Vihari, fractured his left forearm in the first innings of the quarter-final Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh.
Vihari was hit on the forearm when he was on 16 off 37 balls. The batter went and got scans, where it revealed he had fractured his forearm.
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While it appeared Andhra had done enough, a quick collapse left the team 9-353. To keep his team's first innings alive, everyone was stunned to see Vihari taking to the crease and batting with one-hand.
Vihari put on a 26 run partnership to help out his team. Incredibly, Vihari wasn't done for the match. In the second innings, Andhra were struggling. This prompted Vihari to come in and bat at last drop with his team at 9-76.
And in an amazing moment with his team struggling, Vihari hit a reverse-shot for four. Vihari scored 15 runs of 16 balls, which included three fours, before he was bowled out.
Vihari's stoic effort as captain of his team sparked praise from the cricket world. This reverse-hit four in particular sent the cricket world absolutely bonkers.
What a shot by Hanuma Vihari. Despite of wrist injury, batting with one hand and played this Lovely shot. pic.twitter.com/fF5IRwn0ej
— Tarun Singh Verma 🇮🇳 (@TarunSinghVerm1) February 2, 2023
"You can break Hanuma Vihari's bones, but you can't break his determination." 💪
Andhra captain is battling again for his team on the one hand 🙌#HanumaVihari #AndhraPradesh #RanjiTrophy #Cricket pic.twitter.com/gnUIDGjGhd— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) February 2, 2023
Vihari is doing absurd things while batting with his one good hand right now.
If you can watch it on Hotstar, please do. This is not something you see everyday.— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) February 2, 2023
One of the crazy shot ever, wrist injury, batting with one hand and Vihari played this shot. pic.twitter.com/AuHbqNiMZB
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 2, 2023
This is unbelievable effort from Vihari, for the 2nd time, he came to bat for Andhra with one hand by batting left-handed.
Take a bow, Vihari. pic.twitter.com/STIMg9z7JJ— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 2, 2023
This isn't the only time Vihari has attempted to lead by example. In India's Third Test against Australia in Sydney, Vihari hurt his hamstring while batting. But he was able to battle on and help India earn a draw, which helped them hold out to claim the historic series win.
Moeen Ali in wild moment during England win
Vihari hasn't been the only batter that has left the cricket world stumped this week. Moeen Ali attempted a one-handed reverse slap shot that proved to be the most memorable moment of the match against South Africa - as entertaining as it was ineffective. Ali didn't pull the bizarre shot out again after completely whiffing his attempt to smack Tabraiz Shamsi's left-arm wrist spin to the boundary.
England won the third and final match of their ODI series against the Proteas, but it was the home side who enjoyed a 2-1 series win.
It was a strange game for England, who opened the batting but had only one of their top four batsmen make it to double figures - Dawid Malan, who finished with 118. Wicketkeeper and captain Jos Buttler also smashed a century, with 131 runs from just 127 deliveries.
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