India, March 7 -- Sanju Samson won Player of the Match for his 89 off 42 deliveries, and Jasprit Bumrah got plenty of plaudits for conceding next to nothing in a match where 499 runs were scored. However, in the T20 World Cup semi-final between India and England, with India advancing to the finals, the player with arguably the most impact for the men in blue was their vice-captain. Axar Patel only bowled three overs and faced two balls, but also took two sensational catches, whose impact will reverberate for months to come.

The first of these two catches, to remove Harry Brook, was also extremely reminiscent of perhaps the most important catch in Indian cricket history - Kapil Dev's stunning backwards-running catch to dismiss Vivian Rich...