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- Updated: December 16, 2016
Finally a fielding error has hurt India big. They have been lucky that their bowlers have been creating opportunities again and again to make sure a reprieve doesn’t cost them big runs, but finally Moeen Ali – dropped on 0 by KL Rahul – ended the day unbeaten on 120, rescuing England from 21 for 2 with help from Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow. The costliest miss of the series for India is at least not part of a pattern. It is the slips standing back that have been a headache ever since Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar retired.
R Sridhar, India’s fielding coach, is of the view that the recent spate of injuries has put them off the good work they had done in the last two years. “I would agree that our catching, especially our close-in catching of pacers behind the stumps, has not been up to scratch as far as this series is concerned,” he said. “We have set right standards for the last couple of years, and this particular series things haven’t gone our way.
“It is a work in progress. There have been a few injuries for players in the series. We have changed personnel in the close cordon all the time. That is something we are working on. It is not an excuse, but it is something we have to get …
