Worst fielder of IPL 2026, a burden on Mumbai Indians, dropped so many catches

Worst fielder of IPL 2026. (Photo- PTI)

Naman Dhir Dropped Catches In IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians’ poor performance continues in IPL 2026. The team’s weak fielding has emerged as a big problem this season and the same picture was seen in the 58th match against Punjab Kings. In just the second over of the innings, Naman Dheer took a simple catch on the ball of Jasprit Bumrah. In the current season, Naman Dheer has proved to be the biggest weakness of Mumbai Indians in fielding. He is continuously losing opportunities in fielding, which is costing the team too.

Naman Dheer dropped an easy catch

Against Punjab, Naman Dheer missed an easy chance in the second over of the match. Actually, Jasprit Bumrah had bowled a back of length ball outside the off stump, on which Prabhsimran Singh tried to play. But the ball came out and took the outer edge of the bat and went to slip, where Naman Dheer could not catch it. It was a very easy catch, which Naman dropped. Jasprit Bumrah also looked quite disappointed with this fielding effort.

Let us tell you, in this season, Naman Dheer has dropped a total of 7 catches so far, which is the most dropped catches by any fielder in the entire IPL 2026. Even before this, Naman Dheer has performed like this in fielding in many matches. The fielding of Mumbai Indians has been quite average throughout the season. Many players of the team have been seen making mistakes in dropping catches or ground fielding, which is having a direct impact on the outcome of the match. Now improving fielding has also become a big challenge for Mumbai Indians, who are already out of the playoff race.

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Poor performance of Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians team has dropped a total of 11 catches so far this season. At the same time, the team has won only 3 out of 11 matches. Due to which she is already out of the race for the playoffs. In such a situation, the team will have to work a lot on fielding before the next season, so that it can make a strong comeback.

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Mohid Khan is serving as a senior sub-editor on the sports desk of TV9 Hindi. He has 4 years of experience in journalism. He is originally from Beawar city of Rajasthan. Mohid has obtained the degree of Journalism and Mass Communication from Chaudhary Charan Singh University. He is fond of reading, writing and playing. He started his career with India News. After this he worked in institutions like OneIndia Hindi, Zee News and India TV. He is an expert in minutely analyzing any cricket match and is also interested in making news related to other sports.

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