IND vs BAN: "If You Miss Run Out Chances And Catches In T20 Cricket Then You Could Not Win" - Former Indian Skipper Kapil Dev On India's Poor Fielding Against South Africa

India lost to South Africa in a low-scoring T20 World Cup thriller by five wickets in the Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday, October 30.

Arshdeep Singh bowled a dream spell with the new ball, dismissing the inform batters Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw early. David Miller and Aiden Markram added 76 runs for the third wicket to help chase down the total with two balls to spare. Due to poor fielding by the Indian team, the result of the match went in favour of South Africa.

Virat Kohli dropped a sitter at deep mid-wicket and Aiden Markram survived at a crucial juncture in the game. Later in the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma missed an easy run-out opportunity against the same batsman. But if Virat and Rohit had taken advantage of the opportunities that came their way, the story would have been different.

Former Indian captain Kapil Dev believes that the team can’t win if the players keep missing opportunities and dropping catches.

“If you miss run-out chances and catches in T20 cricket then you could not win. When you are defending a low total, your enthusiasm should increase to 100 per cent,” Kapil said on ABP News.

Drop Catch Somewhere Lets The Team Down – Kapil Dev

The legendary all-rounder said that drop catches should not happen when the match is on a knife edge as it decreases the morale of the team. He added that any player can misfield, but such things impact the intensity of other players in the team.

“Such small mistakes should not happen. I can understand, every player drops catches, but when the match comes in such a situation and you drop such a catch, it somewhere lets the team down,” he added.

“For the run-out, I won’t say all the three wickets (stumps) were completely visible. I would say 70 to 75 per cent wickets (stumps) were visible from 6 yards… You can say that those were the two important aspects that could have changed the game,” he concluded.

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