In the recently concluded Asia Cup series, fielding of the teams who played in it was not a thing to be remembered. Pakistan showed some improvement, but not enough. India too, had improved to a certain extent, but yet not upto the standards. Sri Lanka had a good time in the field; so did Bangladesh, except for a few hiccups.
Fielding was not that important about 10 years back. But, now everything has changed in the cricket world. A result of it being the improvement in fielding. Sri Lanka has been a part of that. So has Bangladesh to a certain extent, but not the other test playing nations in the region i.e. India and Pakistan. No doubt, it has cost a lot to these two rival countries, as good fielding would help the team to save 20-30 runs, whereas poor fielding could cost the same amount of runs or even more.
On the other hand, the rest of the test playing nations have caught up in fielding at a good pace. Australia, South Africa and New Zealand seem to be in the fore front without any good competition from the rest. England and West Indies have improved in the last few years. And, Zimbambwe always seem to pride themselves in their fielding skills.
So, at least now, India and Pakistan will have to sit back and do some thinking on this aspect of the game. "Where have we gone wrong? How can we improve?", might be some of the questions they'll have to ask from themselves, and find out the answers. Or, as I said before, it'll cost them not only a lot of runs, but also matches, which are for them to be won.
Fielding was not that important about 10 years back. But, now everything has changed in the cricket world. A result of it being the improvement in fielding. Sri Lanka has been a part of that. So has Bangladesh to a certain extent, but not the other test playing nations in the region i.e. India and Pakistan. No doubt, it has cost a lot to these two rival countries, as good fielding would help the team to save 20-30 runs, whereas poor fielding could cost the same amount of runs or even more.
On the other hand, the rest of the test playing nations have caught up in fielding at a good pace. Australia, South Africa and New Zealand seem to be in the fore front without any good competition from the rest. England and West Indies have improved in the last few years. And, Zimbambwe always seem to pride themselves in their fielding skills.
So, at least now, India and Pakistan will have to sit back and do some thinking on this aspect of the game. "Where have we gone wrong? How can we improve?", might be some of the questions they'll have to ask from themselves, and find out the answers. Or, as I said before, it'll cost them not only a lot of runs, but also matches, which are for them to be won.
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