How hard does the Indian team work on fielding?

[gazza619]

I have been watching their fielding closely and looking at results, it does not appear that the team works hard enough on fielding. I mean i may be wrong but the Indian fielding may be worse amongst the top 8 teams of the world.

Does anyone know, do these billionaires (in Indian rupees) work at all on their fielding? It is just frustrating and even embarrassing watching them field as a cricket spectator.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

This XI really misses Jadeja in the field.

As for the question in general - they may not be the best but India are still a very good fielding side in white ball cricket and of course that comes from practice and hard work.

 

[gazza619]

This XI really misses Jadeja in the field.

As for the question in general - they may not be the best but India are still a very good fielding side in white ball cricket and of course that comes from practice and hard work.

Jadeja and Raina are two good fielders, Yuvjaj Singh was also very capable. But I kind of don’t see the results of their fielding practice. When the ball goes in the air or in the slips, you cant potentially bet your house that the Indian fielders will make a meal of it. Pakistan was in similar position before Mickey Arthur came. Now if the Indian fans and coaching staff have set lower standards than the rest of the world then fine.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I don't know I think the Indian side is a very professional fielding outfit atleast in LOI. With the exception of Rohit and Kedar Jadhav (though not in the team currently) who used to be objectively horrible in the field almost all their players are good fielders. Guys like Kohli and Pandya in particular stand-out.

In tests though it's a different story and their slip-catching needs a lot of work, especially going into the England tour.

 

[BobbySharma]

Correct. Whenever the ball is in the air near Chahal.. I am reasonably pessimistic that he will drop it. Kedar is a poor catcher as well. Just as there are error statistics for baseball players, there should be something similar for cricket players as well.

 

[Smudger]

Only good fielders in the indian team are pandya and raina. Kohli has dropped a bucket load of catches

 

[Dingolfy]

Jadeja and Raina are two good fielders, Yuvjaj Singh was also very capable. But I kind of don’t see the results of their fielding practice. When the ball goes in the air or in the slips, you cant potentially bet your house that the Indian fielders will make a meal of it. Pakistan was in similar position before Mickey Arthur came. Now if the Indian fans and coaching staff have set lower standards than the rest of the world then fine.

Lol.We are definitely better than Pakistan.Dude, even your U19 players cant field.

 

[Dingolfy]

Only good fielders in the indian team are pandya and raina. Kohli has dropped a bucket load of catches

Only in slips.Otherwise he is bloody good in outfield and pretty fast and acurrate with his throws.And I beleive you missed Dhawan's catch in the second T20.All of our Top 7 batsmen are good fielders.The problem is with bowlers.

 

[BlackShadow]

Not hard enough. All our Pacers would be averaging under 25 if only the catches were taken. :

 

[troodon]

The inclusion of new players has weakened our fielding.

 

[Itachi]

As long as our batting clicks, I wouldn't worry about fielding. 30 or 40+ runs due to misfielding we can easily manage while chasing. Just need to win the toss every time with some kaala jadu.

 

[TM Riddle]

Not hard enough. All our Pacers would be averaging under 25 if only the catches were taken. :

I see what you did there.

 

[Mr.Q]

Most of the players in our team are self motivated and work really hard on all aspects of the game. If what I heard is right most of the basic fielding drills are taken seriously and practiced regularly. But the absence of a proper specialist coach might be a problem. India is a decent fielding side and you can’t expect a lot more than that with the current level of coaching they get.

 

[JattMaula]

Chahal needs some ghee paratha. Not fielding practice. He looks like he will fall over if there is a strong breeze.

 

[Dingolfy]

Chahal needs some ghee paratha. Not fielding practice. He looks like he will fall over if there is a strong breeze.

Lol.Surprsingly, he is from Haryana, land of pehelwans.

 

[Brodipet_baadshah]

India need to sack the fielding coach R.Sridhar!!!we almost lost the match yesterday because of our fielding

 

[cricketworm]

India's only problem is probably slip catching, still not best. Rest is fine.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Rohit, kohli, rahul, raina, pandya are exceptional fielders.
Chahal is bad
Kuli, bumrah, bhuvi, dhawan are ok.
Dhoni is excellent wk.

 

[mkyawar]

Rohit, kohli, rahul, raina, pandya are exceptional fielders.
Chahal is bad
Kuli, bumrah, bhuvi, dhawan are ok.
Dhoni is excellent wk.

Dhawan is an exceptional fielder. Gun fielder at point and outfield. Did you see his catch of morgan

 

[big_gamer007]

Not hard enough. All our Pacers would be averaging under 25 if only the catches were taken. :

Exactly, best post of this thread.

 

[cricketindiafan]

Catching continues to be atrocious. We must be the team with highest average number of dropped catches. And BCCI continues to be reluctant to have a specialist fielding coach

 

[happydavy]

It's ok not that bad either. It's difficult to become an excellent fielder if u lack athletism, which majorly gets developed by the age of 12-14. Guys like bhumra, chahal, Ashwin, they can at best become safe fielders now, they cant start to dive around.

 

[Revolution]

Unhappy with the fielding effort from last two t20 matches against WI

Sundar is pretty bad at basics.

 

[Captain caveman]

Even jadeja misfielded
Thats one for the cricketing archives.

 

[andy0204]

I wonder why didn't they hire Jonty Rhodes instead of hiring Sridhar.

 

[jnaveen1980]

More to do with carelessness. Rahane's 4 drops in slips off of Ashwin in the tests is quiet uncharacteristic. He is supposed to be one of the best fielder. Rohit has improved tremendously. So has Kohli. Kohli's name used to be Dropholi. He still drops when he is in the slips. He catches in the outfield. Sundar is an enigma. He is missing out the simplest of dollies.

 

[Realromeo]

Manish Pandey is the best fielder in the world in my opinion. This guy is crazy man.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Manish Pandey is the best fielder in the world in my opinion. This guy is crazy man.

Definitely one of the best boundary fielder in the world. He is like Warner, Maxwell some of the new zealanders, Faf. Can cover the ground very quickly.

 

[pratiktc]

Kohli and Jadeja are only exceptional ground fielders. Rest all are between below average to above average range in both catching and ground fielding.

All in all a very middling fielding side. Definitely behind Eng, NZ and Aus.

Maybe on par with SA. But better than Bang, Pak and SL

 

[pratiktc]

One advantage India have is because of fitness culture if nothing else, the players are fast movers and quite a few are natural athletes. So they can become a good ground fielding side with effort even if they remain flaky catchers

 

[jnaveen1980]

One advantage India have is because of fitness culture if nothing else, the players are fast movers and quite a few are natural athletes. So they can become a good ground fielding side with effort even if they remain flaky catchers

Catching is the most important thing. Then everything else comes.

 

[Revolution]

Manish Pandey is the best fielder in the world in my opinion. This guy is crazy man.

Manish is outstanding.
Virat, Jadu and Manish Pandey are best in our team.
Remaining all require severe training on catches and fielding.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Kohli and Jadeja are only exceptional ground fielders. Rest all are between below average to above average range in both catching and ground fielding.

All in all a very middling fielding side. Definitely behind Eng, NZ and Aus.

Maybe on par with SA. But better than Bang, Pak and SL

Indian is better than the old India from a fitness perspective. From a catching perspective we are not quiet there yet. We rely on few individuals. Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj both were outstanding. Also Sehwag was a very good catcher. Then we had Dravid in the slips. Laxman was also a safe catcher. Tendulkar. They may not have been electric. But dropped catches are more now. Kohli religiously drops catches in slips despite taking some blinders these days. Rahane was the only safe catcher we had. Now even he is dropping.

 

[andy0204]

Dropping dollies what's the use of fitness?
Sehwag,Tendulkar,Laxman were not that fit but atleast they don't drop dollies.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Our fielding/catching has hit a new low, were we this bad even in the dark 90s era? Sure we have the likes of Jadeja and Pandey but most our our boys are hopeless in the field. How does Sridhar get to keep his job, he has been in charge since 2014, what progress have we made?

 

[Romali_rotti]

My goodness this is not the worst Indian fielding side, this is the worst fielding side ever in the world

 

[Saurav]

Even Jadeja has caught the epidemic

 

[JaDed]

Yup .. extremely bad..

 

[Hyperion66]

Our fielding has been club level for some time, amazing how we still continue to win matches after dropping catches for fun. Kohli needs to seriously make sure that we get our act together fielding wise before t20 wc.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Our fielding has been club level for some time, amazing how we still continue to win matches after dropping catches for fun. Kohli needs to seriously make sure that we get our act together fielding wise before t20 wc.

Our under-19 fielding looked better

 

[Hyperion66]

Our under-19 fielding looked better

True. We have been atrocious in the field since WC, what do you reckon is the reason? Too much focus on fitness and less on reflexes and catching? Something needs to done and needs to be done soon, if we take this fielding to Aus, we can kiss our chances goodbye. Imagine dropping Stokes or Smith in a super close match!!

 

[Saurav]

Fielding coach needs to be fired

This level is unacceptable

 

[Savak]

You have to give massive praise where it is due, not being Shoaib Akhtar here but who would have though this would be the Indian team of today when you would see how they looked in the field in the 90's. They have totally professionalized everything from top to bottom and even though they have loads of money now, it is still one thing to have money but a completely different thing to use that money effectively.

My biggest hats off to the Indian team is how they have revolutionized fitness from bottom to top where every youngster knows that if you don't have a world class physique and fitness standard, you won't make it to the team and even if you do, you wont survive very long.

Contrast this to the Pakistani team where the PCB has to force players to get fit. No wonder India right now is number 1 in all formats while Pakistan is still lagging at the bottom.

 

[Mean&Green]

Fielding coach needs to be fired

This level is unacceptable

What wrong have they done now ?

 

[JaDed]

You have to give massive praise where it is due, not being Shoaib Akhtar here but who would have though this would be the Indian team of today when you would see how they looked in the field in the 90's. They have totally professionalized everything from top to bottom and even though they have loads of money now, it is still one thing to have money but a completely different thing to use that money effectively.

My biggest hats off to the Indian team is how they have revolutionized fitness from bottom to top where every youngster knows that if you don't have a world class physique and fitness standard, you won't make it to the team and even if you do, you wont survive very long.

Contrast this to the Pakistani team where the PCB has to force players to get fit. No wonder India right now is number 1 in all formats while Pakistan is still lagging at the bottom.

What are you talking about , it has been absolutely terrible this series, the fielding not fitness.

 

[murakh1]

How Is The Josh? Sir Thanda, As Long As Indian Fielding Is Concerned.Mediocre Fielding Perfomance Cant Be Hidden In Shed of Winning Steak, Very Disappointed

 

[jnaveen1980]

They have hit the nadir. This is unacceptable even at under-13 level.

 

[ind_win]

the way rahul is dropping chances and missing run-outs and not even realising them - he is not a full time keeper, got that - India should ask him to tighten his WK skills or get somone who is better behind wickets in ODI format. In T20s, you can still recover to some extent, ODIs no chance, 300+ score will be guaranteed against good players/teams, if these things happen.

And most players including kohli are making silly mistakes in the fielding dept, which is a worrying thing. Fitness is one thing, reflex/expectation is another. One should always think the ball will come in his direction, in anticipation, that is missing.

 

[ManFan]

For all the comical Pakistani antics on the field, the Indians are just as sloppy but have great days in between.

 

[charlie007]

Not sure if the coaching money is being put to good use. India are quite pathetic at fielding lately. Having seen how good some of the other teams field, we're near the bottom of the pile as far as fielding is concerned, with some random excellent fielding days thrown in to deceive.

 

[Hyperion66]

We had moments of brilliance but overall the fielding has been pretty sloppy.

 

[globalcitizen]

Fielding needs attention but a moment of kohli brilliance in field actually boosted the falling morales of team. Pandey and Samson look like gun fielders though

 

[The lone Ranger]

But msk prasad said Sridhar was better fielder than jonty rhodes in his playing days!!!!!

 

[Gabbar Singh]

They need to work harder, their standards have really dropped in recent times.

 

[Mobashir]

Really poor from them. Nothing elite about that.

 

[PakPremi]

In this series only Sampson fielded well ecwn Pandya looked Juggler.

 

[PakPremi]

Fielding needs attention but a moment of kohli brilliance in field actually boosted the falling morales of team. Pandey and Samson look like gun fielders though

He dropped a lot of catches and was not convincing on one or two he caught The run out was so easy as the batsman was not even looking walking off to pavilion.

 

[HydratedTurnip]

Yes really very poor. The amount of money the board has, the access to the best coaches, an elite t20 tournament and yet they are extremely mediocre. The ground fielding has never been great but the catching used to be safe - but in this series it has been unbelievably horrendous. So unbecoming of a supposedly leading cricket team in the world. I think it's a problem with the culture in both India & Pakistan, the fielding is the least sexy skill in cricket - and is always the last priority for our cricketers

 

[tyron_woodley]

Well fielding is part of the game. Aussies, kiwis and saffers excel in that regard. Desi boys need to improve alot.

 

[shamaan]

Well fielding is part of the game. Aussies, kiwis and saffers excel in that regard. Desi boys need to improve alot.

I think the younger generation of Pakistan crickters are better

 

[Realromeo]

We are one of the Top 3 fielding sides.

 

[tyron_woodley]

I think the younger generation of Pakistan crickters are better

I would have to say yes. Indian young ones are good but the experienced ones Sheesh. Terrible.

 

[Firebat]

Mohammad Kaif Slams India's Fielding In Third T20I, Says It Could Dent World Cup Chances

Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif feels Team India's poor fielding standards can dent their chances of winning next year's T20 World Cup. In the third T20I on Tuesday, Australia made 186 runs on the back of Matthew Wade and Glenn Maxwell's brilliant half-centuries. However, another factor behind Australia's huge total was India's sloppy fielding and dropped catches. Kaif, who had redefined agility on the cricket field, expressed disappointment and said India could lose crucial games in the mega event if they keep on doing the same.

"So many dropped catches and misfields cannot be part of the game. They are doing it too much. If India has to win the World Cup, which is going to happen in October in India, then if the fielding is like this, then you will lose the big matches," Kaif said on broadcaster Sony's post-match show.

The former India batsman said it becomes tough for the young bowlers when they don't get any assistance from fielders. Kaif recalled his playing days and said the fielders were made to train for extra hours if they misfielded during the match.

"This Indian team has young bowlers, so when the catch is dropped the poor guys go back to the run-up. The bowler does not say anything but thinks it is part of the game. But it is not," Kaif said.

"If we had dropped a catch of Ajit Agarkar, Srinath, or Zaheer Khan's bowling, then even if they stare at the fielder, then you need to practice for extra two hours the next day," he added.

Australia secured a 12-run victory over India in the third T20I. While India had already won the three-match T20I series after winning the first two games, Australia won the last game to avoid a whitewash.

India will now play a four-match Test series against Australia which gets underway on December 17.

The first match will be a day-night affair and Kohli will head back home after the first Test as he has been granted paternity leave by the BCCI.

Rohit's availability for the Test series is also not clear as his fitness will be reassessed on December 11 at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

https://sports.ndtv.com/australia-v...-says-it-could-dent-world-cup-chances-2336462

 

[Realromeo]

Clearly none of you have watched cricket of 1990s. This indian team gets to the ball much quicker and faster than 1990s or early 2000s. Those guys wouldn't have gotten close to the ball.

 

[shamaan]

I would have to say yes. Indian young ones are good but the experienced ones Sheesh. Terrible.

I think hassan ali fakhar shadab babar imaam are excellent fielders id say shadab is the best pakistan fielder ever

 

[Bhaijaan]

Fielding is down alarmingly.

Whoever is the fielding coach has a lot to answer. What is going on? We weren't this bad.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Jesus Christ. Worst ever fielding.