After two consecutive victories, Team India misplaced to South Africa by 5 wickets of their Super 12 Group 2 conflict within the ongoing T20 World Cup. An spectacular bowling efficiency by the Proteas restricted the Rohit Sharma-led facet at 133/9 in 20 overs. Later, India confirmed intent with the ball as Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami took early wickets however South Africa chased down the goal in 19.4 overs. In that thrilling encounter, Team India had a forgettable outing by way of their fielding. First, Virat Kohli dropped a sitter which gave Aiden Markram a reprieve. It was adopted by skipper Rohit lacking a run-out probability towards the identical batter.

India acquired quite a lot of flak from the followers and cricket consultants for his or her dismal fielding towards South Africa. Former India participant Ajay Jadeja additionally expressed his opinion on the identical and said that Team India has stopped specializing in their fielding after the tip of Virat Kohli’s tenure as captain.

“I think the Asian teams are not giving importance to fielding. Last time I heard about giving importance to fielding was when Virat Kohli became Team India’s captain. He had taken a decision of including only those players, who are good fielders. He is no longer the captain and the coach has also changed. The new captain is not bothered about fielding. He is more concerned about batting and bowling. So, the current Team India that you have is not much athletic,” mentioned Jadeja in a video posted on Cricbuzz.

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Jadeja additional criticised Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami’s fielding capabilities. “Who are the fielders we have? We have Ashwin and Shami. In terms of bowling, these two are great but you can’t expect good fielding from them. When you pick a team, you know what you want and I think Team India has not given much attention to their fielding,” he mentioned.

India will subsequent face Bangladesh of their Super 12 Group 2 conflict, at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.