A Times of India report claimed that a Team India support staff member is all set to leave the setup soon, and is likely to join an IPL team with international presence. India Today’s Nikhil Naz further speculated, that the exiting member could be fielding coach T Dilip, who is slated to join KKR. And if one looks at India’s record in fielding/catching over the last couple of years, perhaps the decision could be a correct one. In fact, if former keeper Parthiv Patel is to be believed, fielding has been the most alarming part of Indian cricket.
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The India-Ireland series that the visitors lost 0-2; we went on to drop six in the two matches, that led to the failure. Parthiv minced no words and said on JioStar’s ‘Googlies, “The result was a bit surprising and shocking. You can’t expect to beat Ireland after playing poor cricket. Over the last two to two-and-a-half years, the most alarming aspect of Indian cricket has been fielding, across the men’s team, the women’s team and even junior cricket.
“Even in the Ireland series, had those two or three catches been taken in the first game, they wouldn’t have scored over 180. The same thing happened in the second game. This is definitely an area India needs to address because they’re dropping catches at crucial moments,” the veteran said.
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T Dilip has been the Indian team for almost 5 years now, and while all the members of the coaching team have been replaced, the 45-year-old has stayed on. Just to be clear, the problem isn’t in him being with the team for a longer duration, but the inability to arrest the recurring catching errors in crunch situations. Just this year, during the T20 World Cup 2026, India had gone on to drop 13 catches, and their catching efficiency was the worst among all Super 8 teams, at 71.7%.
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