2024-04-04 15:46:00
‘Catch misses match misses’ is a common saying in cricket. Bangladesh kept dropping catches there. Even though catch misses are part of the game, the Bangladeshi fielders should not forget that catching them is the most important thing. As much as the responsibility of the batsmen as the reason for the two-match loss of the Test Championship against Sri Lanka, the failure of the fielders of Bangladesh will also be in equal measure. Because the fielders of Bangladesh have left 13 catches in two Tests!
The reader is not misreading. Bangladesh started the series with a catch miss by Sri Lankan batsman Kamindu Mendis in the first Test in Sylhet. At that time Sri Lanka was 57 for 5. Kamindu caught Jay at slip on his first ball. Joy gave him life without being able to hold it in his hands. Kamindu scored a century from there. Mathews, Dhananjaya and Kamindur were caught by Shahadat, Nahid Rana and Liton respectively in the second innings.
In the second Test in Chittagong, the procession of catch misses continued. Now the tally only keeps on increasing. After missing 8 catches in the first innings, he missed 1 catch in the second innings. All in all, 9 catches have been missed by the Bangladeshi fielders in Chittagong. Which is unbelievable, unimaginable. 20 wickets must be taken to win the Test. The bowlers continued that effort. Create opportunities. But if the fielders fail to seize that opportunity, the trouble is in vain. Why is the catch repeatedly missed? Attention deficit or skill problem.
The fielding and catching topic ran first in the court of Nazmul Hossain Shantar who lost in the test. Where the leader of Bangladesh surrendered. In response to what is causing the catch miss, he said candidly, “There is no answer as to why it happened.” However, he does not see any lack of preparation, “I will say about fielding that everyone practices enough. Everyone takes every catch in practice. There is no answer as to why it happened, but if you say preparation, everyone was well prepared in the fielding. But we could not catch the catches.’
Bangladesh’s headache was caused by slip fielding in Chittagong. Bangladesh have left 7 out of 9 catches in the slip. All the hands of Nirbha Jay, Shahadat, Shanta, Zakir, Liton wasted one opportunity after another. Pace bowlers are consistently doing well in white as well as in colored clothes. Their performance in this series was also impressive. But the fielders didn’t have much success in their pockets as the chances were missed.
Considering the hard work of the bowlers, all these catches should be taken in the loop, said David Hemp, the batting coach of the Bangladesh team, ‘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.’