5 catches that were faster than the blink of an eye

2) Ricky Ponting’s stunning catch with a reaction time 0.16 seconds

In 2004 when India was playing Australia at Mumbai in the final Test, Ricky Ponting took one of the best catches of his career to dismiss Dinesh Karthik. Michael Clarke was the bowler and Karthik was batting on 4.

For a fielder as spectacular as Punter, it’s saying something when we say this was one of his best efforts and that too for a variety of reasons. Karthik initially tried to play the ball on the leg side but he top-edged it and it flew fast to the off-side where Ponting had to dive left for a blinder which is not actually his preferred side of catching. However, he anticipated it and caught it successfully and that too with a reaction time of 0.16 seconds i.e 1/6th of a second.