File image of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli together.© AFP
After two consecutive wins, Team India lost to South Africa by five wickets in their Super 12 Group 2 match in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Proteas’ impressive bowling performance restricted the Rohit Sharma-led side to 133/9 in 20 overs. Later, India showed intent with the ball as Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami took early wickets but South Africa chased down the target in 19.4 overs. In that exciting match, Team India did a memorable outing in terms of its fielding. First, Virat Kohli dropped a sitter who gave Aiden Markram a relief. Captain Rohit then missed the run out opportunity against the same batsman.
India faced a lot of criticism from fans and cricket experts for disappointing fielding against South Africa. Former India player Ajay Jadeja also expressed his opinion on the same and said that Team India has stopped focusing on its fielding after Virat Kohli’s tenure as captain ended.
“I think Asian teams are not giving importance to fielding. The last time I heard about importance of fielding was when Virat Kohli became the captain of Team India. He decided to include only those players, He is not a good fielder. Now the captain and coach have also changed. The new captain doesn’t care about fielding. He is more concerned about batting and bowling. So, you don’t have much athleticism in the current team India,” Jadeja said. Cricbuzz. In a video posted on,
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Jadeja criticized Ravichandran Ashwin And the fielding abilities of Mohammed Shami. “Which fielders do we have? We have Ashwin and Shami. In terms of bowling, they are both great but you can’t expect them to field well. When you pick a team, you know what you want. And I think Team India they did not pay much attention to their fielding.
India will next take on Bangladesh in the Super 12 Group 2 match at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.
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