The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played in Nagpur. Australia is batting in the second innings on Day 3. After dropping the catch of Steve Smith in the first innings, Virat Kohli once again dropped a seemingly straightforward catch. This time, Kohli gave new life to dangerous batter David Warner.
Ravichandran Ashwin came to bowl the sixth over in the second innings for Team India. He trapped Warner on the fourth ball of this over. The ball took an edge and went straight to Kohli standing in the slips, he opened his hands and tried to catch the ball which came at a perfect height but the ball hit his palms and fluffed the catch.
Warner breathed a sigh of relief after getting dropped by Kohli as he was batting on only 1 run, while bowler Ashwin looked disappointed. Kohli also missed a catch in the first innings but that was quite tough. Although he caught the catch of Usman Khawaja in the second over of the 2nd innings.
Just a little too anxious to complete the catch: Sunil Gavaskar
Describing Virat Kohli’s failure to take Warner’s catch at the slip, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box said Kohli looked anxious to complete the catch. “Just a little too anxious to complete the catch. It came at a good height. And you can see that he (Kohli) was looking to complete the catch a little too soon. A little too anxious to close his palms on the ball. Instead of having soft hands, it became hard hands,” Gavaskar said.
Former Australian cricketer Mark Waugh, one of the finest slip fielders discussed the technical issues with Kohli as a slip fielder on Day 2, saying he was not anticipating catches and his feet were too wide apart.
“I think his feet are two wide apart. His weight is often is on the back of heels rather than on his feet. Sometimes, he looks like he is not expecting the ball. He has got to be expecting the ball every single delivery,” Waugh had said.
Here’s how the fans reacted:
laut aao ajinkya rahane, laut aao
— meghna (@okmancoolwtv) February 11, 2023
#INDvsAUS
Slip me Rahane ki yaad aa rhi hai ?— Shivam Sharma ?? (@Shivams06248) February 11, 2023
Kya bolu abb ?? pic.twitter.com/qQMy8fJipR
— Bio mania (@Biomania5) February 11, 2023
ye kya kya dekhna pd rha hai, acha hai mai andha hu
— Cricketbugs (@Cricketbugs0) February 11, 2023
Bangladesh tour se catch chor rhe hn virat slip pe…
Koi dusra player ni h slip m km field krne wala?— Lord Voldemort (@LordVol96550236) February 11, 2023
na run ban rahe hai na catch ho raha hai.
— Anshul (@Harperfever0805) February 11, 2023
No one can match rahane as a slip fielder.
— ?? Vipul Sehgal (@VipulSehgal312) February 11, 2023
If dropping catches is an art, Virat Kohli is Picasso of it.
We have seen him dropping more catched than any other Indian fielder in recent times.
Rohit Sharma tops the list in terms of missing run outs.— Sameer (@sameerdhiman37) February 11, 2023
Surya ko lagana chaiye sleep me ye sala bahut h
Ganda hagta h harbar— DHAVAL45 (@DHAVAL455) February 11, 2023
