Cricket has a new superhero: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on Glenn Phillips

He flies through the air. He vanquishes his opponents. The New Zealander is proving, all over again, that fielding done right is an art form.

Virat Kohli looked like he’d seen a ghost.

Phillips in action, during the recent Champions Trophy match against India. (ANI)

Eyebrows knitted, his mouth a grim line, he stared for a moment towards point, before shaking his head very slightly, and walking back to the pavilion.

New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips had just taken a catch that stunned Kohli and, to be fair, everyone else watching. He dove to his right at full stretch, flying, flying, flying, through the air like a predatory bird, snatching the ball up mid-flight.

The Kohli ball wasn’t