5 best fielding efforts by Mohammad Kaif

#3 Nick Knight’s catch, 2002

Kaif after completing the Knight catch, The Oval, 2002

It is always difficult to take catches that are born from miscued hits off a spin bowler. The revolutions on the ball make it difficult to gauge its trajectory and speed.

During the 2002 NatWest series (the tournament that really brought Kaif in the limelight), Kaif pouched a brilliant catch off the bat of Nick Knight during one of India’s games at The Oval.

Facing Yuvraj Singh’s then harmless left arm spin, Nick Knight miscued a sweep shot, managing to balloon the ball towards the short fine-leg region.

Kaif, standing at square leg, ran as if for his life, covering a lot of ground, eyes ever transfixed to the ball. As he saw the ball dying on him, he dived full stretch, stealing the catch inches from the ground.