Nidahas Trophy | Dinesh Karthik admits the need of improvement in fielding

03/17/2018

Dinesh Karthik has opened up about the need for the improvement in the fielding department and he pointed out the second game of the series against Bangladesh as the team's poorest performance. The wicketkeeper-batsman has termed Bangladesh as a very good team in the sub-continental conditions.

In the second match of the T20I tri-series of Nidahas Trophy, Team India played against Bangla Tigers and were able to register an easy six-wicket win. However, the team saw many loopholes in the fielding front as the Men in Blue dropped as many as four catches in the match. Karthik disclosed that despite the win in the second T20I, the team was informed that it should not happen again.

“The second match that we played I thought we fielded the poorest, against Bangladesh. We dropped about five catches. We weren't the usual Indian team that's known for its fielding,” Karthik said ahead of the final as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

"The fielding coach was straightaway in our ears and pointing it out, saying that's not happening irrespective of whether we have a crowd or not, whether the outfield is good or not. We've set a certain benchmark for ourselves and we need to keep hitting that benchmark every time we step on to that field. I think that message was taken loud and clear by the boys. I think we came back all guns blazing the next time we played Sri Lanka and in the next game against Bangladesh."

Bangladesh have shown tremendous performances in the league and confirmed their place in the final of the Nidahas Trophy. In the past few years, Bangladesh cricket improved a lot at the international level and the team managed two excellent chases in the ongoing series which resulted in Sri Lanka’s exit from the tournament.

And after watching, Shakib Al Hasan-led team fight against Sri Lanka in the last game, Karthik didn't want to take the team lightly and also added that the team has not lost focus in the absence of big names.

"Let's be fair to India as a cricketing nation - whether we play the second string or the first-string team it's always the case [that a win is expected]. When we play Bangladesh and we win it's like: 'Ok, you've won against Bangladesh'. But if we lose it's like: 'Dude, you've lost to Bangladesh. What are you doing?' I'm sure that's going to be there. With Rohit, the first thing that he said was that although we have a few of our other players missing, we're looking to play exactly the sort of cricket that we've played in the past one year,” Karthik said.

"But especially in subcontinent conditions, Bangladesh are a very good team. They are known for their tenacity. They really try hard. They are team that achieved Test status not many years ago, and from there on they have propelled in all formats of the game and done well for themselves."

Nidahas Trophy | Dinesh Karthik admits the need of improvement in fielding

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