Watch: Rohit Sharma caught sleeping in the slips; drops a sitter of Glenn Phillips

India captain Rohit Sharma is not through a great time with the bat and also on the field. While Rohit is going through a rough patch of form with the bat, his fielding in the last few matches hasn't been up to the mark.

The Indian skipper dropped another simple catch on the third day of the second Test between India and New Zealand at Pune to give Glenn Phillips a lifeline. During the 55th over of New Zealand's second innings, Ravichandran Ashwin bowled a length ball from around the wicket.

Ashwin cleverly slowed the ball down to beat Phillips' defense. As a result, the ball took his outside edge and went to Rohit's left. However, the Indian captain did not move at all and the ball went between him and Rishabh Pant to the boundary.

The ball wasn't too far from Rohit Sharma and it was his catch. However, by the time he could realize anything, the ball had already gone past him. It was a shocker from someone who is a good catcher.

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Watch: Rohit Sharma drops a sitter at slip to give Glenn Phillips a lifeline

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Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant looked at each other for a while after the ball went past them. Ravichandran Ashwin was down on his knee and could not believe his luck.

It was one of the few opportunities that India created in the initial few overs of Day 3. Phillips was on 10 when this catch was dropped. He went on to score 48 and remained unbeaten till the end.

It was a brilliant knock from the New Zealand's lower order batter to added some crucial runs in the end to give India a stiff target to chase.

Indian spinners wrap up New Zealand's innings

Meanwhile, New Zealand started the day well with Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips putting pressure on the Indian spinners by rotating the strike constantly. But Jadeja got a big breakthrough and got the wicket of Tom Blundell.

It was the start of a collapse that saw New Zealand lose 5 wickets for 24 runs. Their innings folded on 255, with India needing 359 to win the match.

Skipper Tom Latham top-scored for the visitors with a brilliant 86 off 133 balls. WIcketkeeper Tom Blundell and allrounder Glenn Phillips also made vital contributions.

Washington Sundar shines for India with ball

Washington Sundar was the pick of the bowlers for India in the second innings as well. Sundar finished with 4-56 and all his four wickets came in the second day.

Sundar is having a dream match with the ball. The young offspinner picked up seven wickets in the first innings. Overall, he picked up 11 wickets in the match, which is his best in first-class cricket as well.