Indian Cricket Team captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first against Nepal in their Group A clash in the Asia Cup 2023 on Monday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
Indian bowlers didn’t get to bowl at all against Pakistan a couple of days ago as rain arrived and didn’t relent at all after India’s innings against Pakistan. So, to give the bowlers more game time, Rohit Sharma elected to bowl first.
However, India’s start wasn’t a good one in the field as three catches were dropped. And that all three were dropped from players who are generally considered safe and good catches – Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, and Ishan Kishan.
Shreyas Iyer dropped a chance of Nepal opener Kushal Bhurtel in the first over, bowled by Mohammed Shami, at first slip. To an outswinging delivery from Shami, Bhurtel slashed at it and got an outside edge, but Iyer fluffed the chance at first slip.
Then came an ever bigger shocker as Virat Kohli dropped a sitter at cover on the first ball of the second over. Mohammed Siraj invited a drive from the other Nepal opener, Aasif Sheikh, and the batsman obliged. He hit the ball in the air and straight to Virat Kohli at cover, but Kohli jumped in the air and dropped the catch.
A couple of overs later, Ishan Kishan, the wicket-keeper, dropped another simple chance, that of Bhurtel, of the bowling of Mohammed Shami.
Here, check out all the three dropped catches by Indian fielders vs Nepal:
3 Dropped Catches 😱 #IndvsNep pic.twitter.com/LQOnqv3yEN
— Susanta Sahoo (@ugosus) September 4, 2023
Indian fans were angry, furious, frustrated, shocked, and annoyed at this disappointing fielding performance from the fielders by dropping 3 catches.
Here are the reactions of fans on Indian players dropping 3 catches against Nepal:
😭- Iyer
😭- Kohli
😭- Ishan— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho) September 4, 2023
India have dropped three catches in the first 20 deliveries this game. What’s happening?#AsiaCup #IndvsNep
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) September 4, 2023
We are ready for the World Cup pic.twitter.com/rpMnnzMD2G
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) September 4, 2023
Indian fielders the moment they see a chance to take a catch:#INDvNEP pic.twitter.com/962HnkdXtj
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 4, 2023
There is no rain still there are so many drops pic.twitter.com/OlAvNKnxl9
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 4, 2023
Three dropped catches in 5 overs. Is Amul butter sponsoring the Indian team?
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) September 4, 2023
What’s with the catches today? 🫤 #AsiaCup #IndvNep
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 4, 2023
https://twitter.com/1no_aalsi_/status/1698634331202420964?s=20
Three dropped catches in 4 overs. And then you see Dravid laughing. Ravi Shastri ko toh commentary mei hee Mann kar Raha hai ek beer ki glass phaek du inpe.
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) September 4, 2023
Purposely dropping catches so that nepal scores more runs : linkedin hustle culture
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) September 4, 2023
when we play with kids, we knowingly drop catches to let them enjoy. stop crying about poor fielding!
— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) September 4, 2023
You deserve a thrashing if you are laughing in the dugout after dropping 3/3 catches. Infuriating.
— Manya (@CSKian716) September 4, 2023
3 Dropped Catches 😱 #IndvsNep pic.twitter.com/LQOnqv3yEN
— Susanta Sahoo (@ugosus) September 4, 2023
Karma is so real Indian fans were trolling Pakistani fielding other day now they dropped 3 catches inside 5 overs
— Lahori Guy (@YrrrFahad_) September 4, 2023
Teams:
Nepal (Playing XI): Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Bhim Sharki, Sompal Kami, Gulsan Jha, Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Malla, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
