Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli dropped easy catches in the slip cordon during the third Test against Sri Lanka at Feroz Shah Kotla and Cheteshwar Pujara put his hand first up and admitted that slip catching indeed has been a problem.
“To be honest we haven’t fielded well and I would accept that. At the same time there have been injuries with someone like M Vijay, who used to be at first slip didn’t play for six months. So we had to replace Vijay with someone else. We haven’t taken many catches but we will definitely get better at it,” Pujara said.
He added, “Overall, the Indian team has improved as a fielding unit, but slip fielding is something we are still looking to improve,” the Saurashtra ‘Run Machine’ said when asked about the missed chances.
“All players standing in the slips are taking 50 to 100 catches. So we are trying to improve ourselves and eventually results will come,” a hopeful Pujari said.
