Indian Cricket Team Fielders: These days the Indian team is preparing for the Asia Cup. The multi nation tournament will start from 30 August. For the tournament, Team India is strengthening all the three departments – batting, bowling and fielding. Fielding is very important in helping any team win. A catch in fielding can win you the match and can also make you lose it. In such a situation, let us know who is the best fielder of India in terms of taking catches.
Since the 2019 World Cup, all-rounder Akshar Patel has been the best for India in terms of catching. Akshar has not dropped any catches (has taken 8 catches) since the 2019 World Cup. Apart from them, fielders like Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli have also dropped catches. The catching percentage of Akshar is 100. After this, T20 International’s number one batsman Suryakumar Yadav is India’s top-2 fielder in terms of taking catches.
Since then, Surya has had a total of 15 catches, in which he has dropped 2. His catching percentage is 88.2. After this Virat Kohli comes at number three. Kohli has had 25 catches since the 2019 World Cup, in which he has caught 20 and dropped 5. The fourth number in the list is of star fielder Ravindra Jadeja. During this, Jadeja has got 10 catches, in which he has left 2.
Moving on in the list, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya and Indian captain Rohit Sharma appear. Rohit Sharma has been far behind in terms of catching after World Cup 2019. Since then, the Indian captain has had 11 catches, in which he has dropped 4.
Catch percentage of Indian fielders since 2019 World Cup
- Akshar Patel: No catches dropped out of 8 – 100 percent
- Suryakumar Yadav: Dropped 2 out of 15 catches – 88.2 percent
- Virat Kohli: Dropped 5 out of 25 catches – 83.3 percent
- Ravindra Jadeja: Dropped 2 out of 10 catches – 83.3 percent
- KL Rahul: Dropped 1 out of 4 catches – 80 percent
- Shreyas Iyer: Dropped 4 out of 13 catches – 76.5 percent
- Ishaan Kishan: Dropped 1 out of 3 catches – 75 percent
- Shubman Gill: Dropped 6 out of 18 catches – 75 percent
- Hardik Pandya: Dropped 3 out of 9 catches – 75 percent
- Rohit Sharma: Dropped 4 out of 11 catches – 73 percent.
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