Melbourne: India's poor fielding cost them their team on Saturday, the fourth day of the fourth Test match of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia. A great fight was witnessed between India and Australia on the fourth day of the Melbourne Test. On the fourth day of the match, the Australian team has scored 228 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and has got a lead of 333 runs so far.
Jaiswal missed 3 big catches
Australia would not have even reached this score if India's young player Yashasvi Jaiswal had not dropped three catches. Yashasvi Jaiswal dropped three catches one after the other on the fourth day of the Melbourne Test. Captain Rohit Sharma got angry on the field after seeing Yashasvi's poor fielding.
Jaiswal, who is usually known as a third slip and gully catcher, had earlier dropped a catch of Usman Khawaja at leg gully for two. In the second session, after Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets, Marnus Labuschagne was caught by Jaiswal at slip off Akash Deep for 46. But Jaiswal dropped a simple catch, his second dropped catch of the day.
Rohit spread his arms in anger after Labuschagne's catch was dropped and then looked angrily at the young player. Virat Kohli also looked angry in his reaction, while Akash said some abusive words towards the young player. The video of Rohit showing anger on the field is becoming increasingly viral on social media.
After Rohit showed anger, the cricket legend doing commentary did not like his reaction.
Former Australian player Mike Hussey said, "To be honest, I did not like this reaction of the Indian captain. I appreciate his feelings and he desperately needs wickets, but you have to give a message of calm and support. No one intends to drop a catch.
"He'll already feel bad enough about dropping a catch, especially for a player like Marnus Labuschagne; it happens quickly, it goes in, it goes out. You don't need to see that as a young player," he said on Fox Cricket.
Australia women's team captain Alyssa Healy thought the team needed to take a lenient approach towards Jaiswal as he would play a key role in India's chase in Melbourne.
He said, “Especially when you need him to come out to bat with you and score some runs and try to win the Test match for his country.
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