Poor fielding of Team India (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)
Australia vs India, 2nd ODI: Not only did the Indian cricket team’s batsmen disappoint at Adelaide Oval, but after this, this team broke the limits of poor performance on the fielding front. The three senior players of the team, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj and Akshar Patel, gave an advantage to Australia by fielding very poorly and caused a terrible loss to Team India. Let us tell you what mistakes KL Rahul, Akshar Patel and Mohammad Siraj made which caused loss to Team India.
Akshar Patel dropped the catch
Akshar Patel Gave life to Australia’s top order batsman Matthew Short. In the 16th over, Akshar Patel dropped a short catch in the point area on the ball of Nitish Reddy. At that time this player was playing on 24 runs. If this catch had been taken then the match could have gone in favor of India.
Another Drop Catch here, this time it was Mohammad Siraj. India’s fielding has just been below par especially catching. How costly this would be for India only time will tell.#ViratKohliЁУГ╡ #siraj #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/Ma8w18zjfJ
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KL Rahul and Siraj also sacrificed their lives
Not only Akshar Patel but KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj gave life to Matthew Short. In the 29th over, Mohammed Siraj also gave life to Short. There was a very easy catch on Sundar’s ball and Siraj, standing at point, made a childish mistake and caused damage to Team India. Matthew Short also had a chance to be run out at one point. When Matt Ren Shaw was taking his first run, there was a misunderstanding between him and Short about the run but KL Rahul did not reach to collect the ball at the striker’s end, as a result Short got a life. Let us tell you that Team India left a total of three catches and one run out in this match, the result of which was that Australia won the match by 2 wickets. If the fielding had been good then the result of this match could have gone in favor of Team India.