Bangladesh paid the price vs Pakistan, will India regret catches dropped next?

Bangladesh came excruciatingly adjacent to booking a spot successful the Asia Cup last against India connected Sunday (September 28). Instead, it volition beryllium a blockbuster astatine the Dubai International Stadium featuring India and Pakistan.

It volition beryllium the archetypal lawsuit of an Asia Cup last featuring the 2 arch-rivals.Pakistan were 51 for 5 erstwhile Nurul Hasan and Mahedi Hasan dropped Shaheen Shah Afridi successful the 12th over. Afridi, who was connected 1 tally astatine the time, retaliated with 2 sixes successful a 13-ball 19, giving Pakistan a small momentum. After his dismissal, Parvez Hossain Emon dropped Mohammad Nawaz astatine zero, and Nawaz went connected to people 25 disconnected 15 balls, including 2 sixes and a four.

Bangladesh manager Phil Simmons felt the dropped catches, and "bad decisions" from the batters, was the crushed they were incapable to pursuit down the 136-run target. In the end, Bangladesh mislaid by 11 runs. If they had held connected to their chances, and everything other remained the same, Pakistan would person added 43 runs fewer."When we dropped Shaheen and Nawaz, that's wherever the crippled changed," helium said. "Before that, we were successful control. Some of the catches possibly [had thing to bash with the lights] but I don't deliberation the ones we dropped had thing to bash with the lights," said Simmons.

The fielding could erstwhile again beryllium successful the absorption during the Asia Cup last with India besides blameworthy of being shaky successful the field. The Suryakumar Yadav-led squad has fto spell of 12 catches successful the 5 matches, for a catching ratio of 67.5 percent. Only Hong Kong had dropped much chances.Varun Chakravarthy was asked astir India's mediocre grounds successful the field during the Asia Cup and the spinner acknowledged the stadium's 'rings of fire' makes things difficult."You can't springiness excuses astatine this level. As a team, we person to decidedly commencement catching those due to the fact that we volition beryllium qualifying for the finals. We should beryllium taking these catches, but definitely, if you inquire maine astir rings of fire, it comes successful the eye, something. It is simply a small spot of disturbance," Chakravarthy said aft India's 41-run triumph against Bangladesh.After India's triumph implicit Pakistan connected Sunday, skipper Suryakumar Yadav reflected connected the fielding woes and joked, "The fielding manager T Dilip has emailed the boys with food connected their fingers to look earlier him."