During the prior matches held in years, audiences watched fielders catching the ball at vital stages of a cricket tournament swing around the game. Likewise, dropping the vital catch has frequently come back to torment the fielding side. The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season is a foremost instance of an effective catch turning a game on its head. Simultaneously, a missed catch is ample for a team to exit the door. Keeping aside all the jaw-dropping and balancing endeavors by the fielders, this Indian Premier League season has also seen numerous catches being missed.
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When Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) locked horns with Delhi Capitals (DC), Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant, created a mess of a caught-behind chance off Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav. Karthik came for batting on the field on number 5 when Pant missed the catch to grasp Karthik’s wicket. Karthik went on to smash an unbeaten 66 runs off 34 balls to eventually assist Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) register a win.
For instance, in the Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) match, Lucknow SuperGiants squad member Krunal Pandya put down a cart at long-on off Krishnappa Gowtham. Rajasthan Royals member, Shimron Hetmyer came for batting on 14 number when Krunal missed the catch of Shimron and the Windies batsman made a mockery of the Lucknow SuperGiants bowlers and heaped on an unbeaten 59 runs off 36 balls to assist Rajasthan Royal (RR) post 165 runs on the board. In reply, Lucknow Supergiants smashed 162 runs and lost the match by 3 runs.
Instances Were Missing A Catch Cost High To A Team:
As an audience, audiences viewed numerous instances where missing a catch cost high to the team. The key technical grounds behind missed catches and what practice a young cricketer needs to undergo to attain a good hand in fielding. All the audiences are aware that with the effective fielding of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he earned the captaincy of the Indian team and Chennai Super Kings.
Maninder Singh participated in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals to represent India from 1982 till the present time. During an interview, MS Dhoni shares the mantra for fielding. He stated that there are numerous reasons. Sometimes, missing the catch can be because of the lights. Further, he said that he used to tell most of the time that it is because of the lights. Under the lights, you predict the ball late. That is the reason. There is a solution for everything. The solution is only practice. The more you practice, the better you become.
Further, he stated that he remembered when he was 15 years old and got into the Delhi Ranji team, Maddi paa (Madan Lal) explained to him one thing that he still remembers. He stated that- ‘fielding is the one department where you don’t need luck. Further, he stated that the more effort you put into a practice session, the better you will become. Wind and light will always be there. Practice is the only solution to this. That’s the only way out. That’s what made MS Dhoni’s fielding better.
