The Indian batter, Shreyas Iyer, one of the fittest Indian cricketers, dropped an easy catch during India’s first of the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, on February 24 at the Ekana Staidum in Lucknow. The incident happened when Charith Asalanka tried to hit Yuzvendra Chahal over deep mid-wicket in the last over of the Powerplay. Asalanka did not get enough to clear the ropes, and Iyer had plenty of time to grab the catch. However, he ended up misjudging the ball.
The Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma was not happy after Shreyas’ dropped catch. Even head coach Rahul Dravid seemed animated and could not believe what just happened. It was India’s second dropped chance after Venkatesh Iyer had dropped another sitter off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the third over. However, Kamil Mishara, who got the lifeline, departed two balls after.
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Here is the video of the dropped catch by Shreyas Iyer:
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Here’s how Twitterati reacted to the dropped catch by Shreyas Iyer:
Rohit Sharma's expression when Shreyas Iyer drop the catch. 😄
— Señora (@tvfreakGabbi) February 24, 2022
Shreyas iyer knows bishnoi is a better bowler so he dropped the catch 👍
— aay (@Kanpur105) February 24, 2022
I feel for sad for Chahal, he was almost running towards Shreyas Iyer because he thought Iyer had completed the catch 🙂. #INDvsSL #YuzvendraChahal
— Harshit Poddar (@harshitpoddar09) February 24, 2022
Drop catch S Iyer #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/3iLl87jE0C
— Pharmacists kunal Sharma (@KunalJmu) February 24, 2022
2 catch drop by India team in 4 overs.
Both iyer droped the catch.#INDvsSL
— Manjunath_P (@group_mvm) February 24, 2022
Wow Iyer has dropped catch
Bishnoi and iyer are ensuring that chahal will get drop because selection not see drop catches or dot balls they just see wickets— Josh Katyal (@JoshKatyal) February 24, 2022
