India’s fielding has improved in leaps and bounds with time. A decade and a half back, India couldn’t look beyond the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif. And then there was also a time before the Yuvraj and Kaif era, when India was a poor fielding unit. But, these days they have a quite a few exceptional fielders. India’s fielding coach, R Sridhar is also very happy with how India have gone about their fielding.
“I’m very happy with the kind of resources I have. We have a terrific slip catcher and a safe catcher in Rohit, and we have two guys, Virat and Jaddu, who are very intimidating to the opposition. They can intimidate any batsman, and they are prowling in the 30-yard range. To complement that, we have a player in Hardik Pandya, who can really help when needed. We are safe catchers. We’re not fast bowlers.” Sridhar said.
“These are all the usual suspects, but we saw Chahal and Bumrah crack it up in the last game, diving after bowling long spells. We were in the penalty minute ball of the inning, diving and stopping runs. So that all goes well.
“The biggest thing that came out to me was the attitude of the fielders, where they put the team ahead of themselves, but these are the qualities which you need when you want to go out and win championships. This really came out in the last game, and that was good to see. So I think the biggest challenge is to stay consistent. To me, that is the biggest challenge, to reduce the time between the good days and bad days. That is integral,” he said.