Srinagar: Looking like an ordinary side, Team India had a sloppy day in the field against Nepal in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023, dropping too many catches which left skipper Rohit Sharma dumbstuck.
India dropped three catches within the first 5 overs against Nepal. In the very first over of the innings, Shreyas Iyer dropped a straight forward chance as Kushal Bhurtel edged a delivery from Mohammed Shami towards the slips. Just one ball later, it was Virat Kohli at cover point who was guilty of dropping an absolute sitter off Mohammed Siraj. Couple of overs later, Bhurtel once again edged a delivery from Shami and it looked like Ishan Kishan will have no difficulties in completing the catch. However, it went horribly wrong as the ball went right through his gloves leaving skipper Rohit Sharma in complete disbelief. Then Shardul Thakur missed an easy opportunity to stop a boundary the latter overs.
Earlier Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field. He was visibly shocked at the poor fielding efforts.
“We are gonna bowl first. No particular reason. We batted in the last game. We want to see what the bowlers have in offer for us. I don’t know about the weather. We just want to have the bowlers to have a game under the belt. The way we batted under pressure, Hardik and Ishan batted brilliantly. Ishan showed a lot of maturity and took the game on as well. Good signs for us. It’s another important game for us. One change. Bumrah is not available, we’ve got Shami in place for him,” Rohit said at the toss.
India emerged winner in the match by 10 wickets as opening duo of Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma chased down reduced target in the rain marred match without any issues.
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