Even in T20 cricket, one can never ignore the importance of basics. While fielding, or taking high catches, it is of utmost importance that fielders call — “it’s mine”. But then what do you do when the two converging fielders don’t pay heed to the calls, collide and then drop the catch. That is what happened between RCB keeper Jitesh Sharma and bowler Yash Dayal, who attempted to catch a skier from Suryakumar Yadav in the 12th over of the MI chase.
Yash Dayal, Jitesh Sharma Collide
The batter miscued one, and Jitesh covered close to 28m to catch him out, shouting at the top of his voice. But then the bowler hardly heard the call, as the team spilled Surya for the second time. Earlier, when he had just come into bat, he was dropped by Krunal Pandya fairly early in the innings, and gotten a lucky four too.
It is a separate story, that despite being dropped twice Suryakumar Yadav played a pathetic innings of 28 from 26 deliveries, when his side was chasing a massive 222, at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Meanwhile, Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box, wasn’t a happy man at all.
Sunil Gavaskar Not Impressed With Effort
He was compelled to say, “Didn’t your coaches tell you to cry mine?” Earlier in the day, in Jasprit Bumrah’s comeback match, MI let RCB score a massive 221. Virat Kohli started things off well scoring 67 from 42. Devdutt Padikkal chipped in with a brisk 37 from 22, and then Jitesh ended the proceedings with a grand 40 from 19.
It is important to note that RCB has not beaten MI at Wankhede Stadium, since 2015. But then Monday’s match presented a golden opportunity to Rajat Patidar’s team to improve their record.
