NEW DELHI: Catching in the slips need specialist fielders and
Indian cricket
has been blessed with some great slip catchers in
Test cricket
. The name of
Rahul Dravid
, the present India head coach comes straight to mind when one thinks of fine catchers in the slips in recent times in Indian cricket.
Against the pacers, India have
Shubman Gill
at first slip and he even took 3 catches off
Jasprit Bumrah
in the England first innings.
But
Gill
is off the field in the England second innings as he hurt his right index finger while fielding on Day 2.
Against the spinners, it is India captain
Rohit Sharma
who stands in the slips, with the home team looking for quick wickets on Day 4.
Ollie Pope
, who was dismissed by a toe-crushing yorker by Bumrah in the first innings, was dismissed by
Ravichandran Ashwin
in the first session thanks to a superb quick reflex catch by Rohit Sharma.
On a length angling across, Pope got back to cut and the ball fizzed off the edge towards the left of Rohit at slip. The Indian skipper hung out his left hand and plucked out a sharp catch without getting up to dismiss Pope for 23.
The reaction time was just 0.45 seconds for Rohit Sharma.
The
BCCI
shared a video of the catch on X:
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