Asia Cup | We go back to the drawing board: Suryakumar on dropped catches 

If there was a lapse for India to tackle throughout its six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup’s Super Four battle on Sunday, it was the fielding.

The Men in Blue dropped as many as they caught on the evening, notably offering Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan a let-off on zero in the first over of the recreation.

Farhan went on to make a half-century in Pakistan’s whole of 171 for 5. If not for that reprieve by Abhishek Sharma, the Indian southpaw’s job with the willow in the second innings could have been even simpler.

Although the all-rounder from Punjab made amends together with his pyrotechnics in the chase, India will search medical execution in all three departments going into subsequent yr’s T20 World Cup.

Abhishek’s drop at third-man was the first of 4 probabilities that went begging. While the 25-year-old dropped Farhan a second time at long-on — albeit a a lot more durable seize — Kuldeep Yadav and Shubman Gill have been responsible of spilling sitters.

Ring of fireside problem

Before the match versus Oman, India fielding coach T. Dilip had highlighted the problem of taking excessive catches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The venue is called the ‘ring of fire’ as a result of the floodlights are mounted round the rim of the dome reasonably than on tall poles.

“One of the challenges we encounter at the Dubai Stadium is that the lights are slightly different,” Dilip had instructed the BCCI web site. “The challenge with the ‘ring of fire’ is that there is a tendency to lose sight of the ball for a split second.”

When requested after Sunday’s win whether or not the floodlights have been inflicting a difficulty, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav mentioned: “Not really. We have got a few sessions here. We have done a lot of fielding practice. It can’t be an excuse. If the catches have gone, they have gone. We go back to the drawing board. We do a good session again and come back”.