De Villiers turns ?spiderman? with IPL catch

BANGALORE: AB de Villiers was hailed Friday as a “spiderman” by captain Virat Kohli after making a breathtaking catch in the Indian Premier League.The athletic South African leapt on the deep mid-wicket boundary to stop a ball heading for a near-certain six and catch out Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Alex Hales.Film of the catch quickly became a social media sensation.“AB’s catch was spiderman stuff, you don’t do that as normal human beings,” an ecstatic Kohli said after his team’s win.“His shots still leave me in awe, the fielding unbelievable.”De Villiers, however, called it a “nice catch”.“I made it look better than actually it was,” he said.“Got into a bad position, the ball had a bit of a curve on it. The minute I took the jump, I realized a little bit of my body was outside. I just had to put that right and luckily it stuck.”

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