In the first Test match against england, India's jaiswal missed three catch opportunities. Especially the third time, he missed the catch that came to his hands very easily. Seeing this, bumrah, who threw the ball, covered his face. Also, coach gautam gambhir threw the ball in his hand in the dressing room. Such was the disappointment and anger in the indian team's tent. In this match, the indian team batted first and scored 471 runs. When england batted, the indian team struggled a bit. bumrah was the only one who showed excellent performance. But four catch opportunities were missed with his bowling alone. While ravindra jadeja missed one catch opportunity, jaiswal missed three catch opportunities.
This was a big shocker. Because jaiswal is a slip fielder. Slip fielding is very important in Test matches. Most of the wickets are taken by slip fielders. Also, bowlers also bowl more balls on the off side so that slip fielders can catch them. Sometimes when batsmen try to hit those balls, they get edged. This is a strategy that has been followed by all teams in Test matches for many years. Slip fielders are very important for this basic strategy. It is in this situation that jaiswal missed three catch opportunities. Usually, openers are stopped in slip fielding. Because if they field in other places, they have to run to each position a lot. And they have to run and run frequently. So they get tired. After fielding, they are tired when they go back to bat. That is why the first three batsmen are kept in slip. Accordingly, the indian team's opener jaiswal is a slip fielder.
But this time he made very bad mistakes and was disappointed. jaiswal, who missed two catch opportunities in the first two opportunities, did the same in the third. At that time, bumrah covered his face. He was very disappointed. At that time, coach gautam gambhir threw the ball in his hand to express his disappointment and anger. It is noteworthy that bumrah took five wickets in this match. If the missed catch opportunities were correct, he could have taken even more wickets. Later, england were bowled out for 465 runs in this match. The third day of play ended with india scoring 90 runs for the loss of two wickets in the second innings.
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Sowmiya Sriram

23/06/2025 10:15 AM