Indian-origin youngster wins catching prize in second ODI

23-year-old Jatinder Singh from Te Aroha takes home $100,000

An Indian-origin youngster today won USD 100,000 prize for catching a huge six from all-rounder Corey Anderson during India's second cricket one-dayer against New Zealand here.

23-year-old Jatinder Singh from Te Aroha, a small town near Hamilton, held the ball after Anderson smashed paceman Ishant Sharma late in the first innings at Seddon Park.

The promotion requires one to purchase a Tui t-shirt and lanyard and take a clean one-handed catch during any of the international limited overs matches this summer, with the first person to do so at each game winning the money.

Singh was the second winner of the competition, following Hamilton's Michael Morton who netted himself the cash in the fifth ODI against the West Indies earlier this month.

Singh, who used to play cricket for the Te Aroha club before it folded last season due to a lack of players, got the prize thanks to his friend Dexter, who convinced him to sit in their spot high on the bank and a bit straighter than where Singh had wanted to sit.

"To be honest, I got up and didn't think it was going to make it as far as me, I thought it was going to land short, so then I sort of gave up on it, and then it kept going, and next thing I know it was in my right hand. Really, it happened so fast," Singh was quoted as saying by Fairfax NZ News.

"I was just jumping up and down. That's not me, I'm usually quite reserved. It's just unbelievable really," said Singh, whose mother was born in India.

He said the timing of winning the money couldn't have been better as he was about to graduate from the University of Waikato with his management degree and go on a job search.

Singh, however, ruled out heading to Auckland on Saturday to try his luck again in the third ODI.