Asia Cup | We return to the drafting board: Suryakumar on dropped catches

If there was a lapse for India to handle throughout its six-wicket victory over Pakistan within the Asia Cup’s Super Four battle on Sunday, it was the fielding.

The Men in Blue dropped as many as they caught on the night time, notably offering Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan a let-off on zero within the first over of the sport.

Farhan went on to make a half-century in Pakistan’s complete of 171 for 5. If not for that reprieve by Abhishek Sharma, the Indian southpaw’s job with the willow within the second innings could have been even simpler.

Although the all-rounder from Punjab made amends along with his pyrotechnics within the chase, India will search scientific execution in all three departments going into subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup.

Abhishek’s drop at third-man was the primary of 4 possibilities that went begging. While the 25-year-old dropped Farhan a second time at long-on — albeit a a lot harder seize — Kuldeep Yadav and Shubman Gill have been responsible of spilling sitters.

Ring of fireside problem

Before the match versus Oman, India fielding coach T. Dilip had highlighted the problem of taking excessive catches on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The venue is called the ‘ring of fireside’ as a result of the floodlights are mounted across the rim of the dome somewhat than on tall poles.

“One of the challenges we encounter on the Dubai Stadium is that the lights are barely totally different,” Dilip had informed the BCCI web site. “The problem with the ‘ring of fireside’ is that there’s a tendency to lose sight of the ball for a cut up second.”

When requested after Sunday’s win whether or not the floodlights have been inflicting a difficulty, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav mentioned: “Not actually. We have gotten a number of classes right here. We have accomplished lots of fielding observe. It can’t be an excuse. If the catches have gone, they’ve gone. We return to the drafting board. We do a superb session once more and are available again”.