Although India do have the reputation of being a very good fielding side of late, they have been dropping a lot of catches. Who could forget those India vs Pakistan matches during the Asia Cup when Suryakumar Yadav’s side spilled one chance too many, alongside plucking some stunners. And on Day 1 of the second Test between India and South Africa, KL Rahul’s butter fingers saw Aiden Markram’s chance spilled. Markram went on to get 38, building a solid partnership with Ryan Rickelton, which kept Jasprit Bumrah at bay, protecting the middle order. Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra did point out the need for improvement in catching.

“There is one area we need to improve, which is our catching. We dropped more than a dozen catches in the Asia Cup. Across three formats we are dropping catch

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