2024-04-02 08:49:59
To win a Test match, the opponent must take 20 wickets. Otherwise the fate of the match changes. Along with the batsmen, the responsibility of the bowlers also runs parallel. If the bowlers get the ball, keep trying. Create opportunities. But if the fielders cannot use that opportunity, then the pain of the bowlers will be in vain. Nothing like that happened with the Bangladeshi bowlers in the Chittagong Test. Where the fielders missed eight opportunities to make them.
Sri Lanka’s fielders lost the wickets of 4 batsmen on Saturday. On the second day today, he left 4 more catches. 6 misses out of 8 behind the wicket. 2 more besides. The batting coach of the team, David Hemper, urged the bowlers to take advantage of these hard-earned opportunities. Chittagong’s wicket was a batting aid. The bowlers have to burn a lot of wood to create a chance on such a wicket.
Batting coach of Bangladesh team David Hemp thinks that all these catches should be taken in loop even thinking about hard work for them, ‘I will not deny it. It’s happening all the time. We are working on it. No one actually drops catches on purpose. The bowlers are creating chances. It is everyone’s responsibility to use them.’
Joy, Dipu, Shant, Zakira have left incredible catches in the slips. Claiming that slip fielders have high expectations, Hemp said, ‘Slip fielders have a tough job. Expectations are high from them. Every ball could not go to them. It will be difficult if your focus is not fixed. The harder you work in practice, the better your chances will be on the field.’
Prabat Jayasuriya caught the pacer Khaled at slip. Three left standing on that catch slip. Which was quite incredible. First, Nazmul Hossain Shanto could not collect the ball. The running ball bounces to Shahadat Hossain. He didn’t even have the ball in his hands. From there the ball goes to Zakir Hasan standing at third slip. Unbelievably, he also failed to take a catch. Three people miss one catch.
Hemp was also surprised by not being able to take such a catch, ‘I think Dipoo has every chance to take that catch. They each fielded at short leg so their chances were high. I think that’s when the opportunity arose. They needed to seize the opportunity. But they couldn’t. We don’t see these all the time.’