5 things India did wrong to lose the one-off T20I

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#1 Jalebi Fielding

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Are dropped catches becoming a problem for Team India?

It is one of the funniest things in cricket to see fielders tumble around each other. It is less fun when you look up, see your home team capitulating. Twice in two overs, off Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav, Evin Lewis offered high catches.

In the first instance, Mohammad Shami and Virat Kohli did not call clearly, and as the white orb descended, Kohli waited under it, while Shami charged into it, missed it, tumbled and looked sheepishly at his captain. Kohli was not amused, but he rarely is.

The second instance was at the boundary, where Dinesh Karthik missed a similarly high chance, rolling around like a joyful pig in the mud after missing it on the second chance. It is noteworthy that the wind was making the ball hoop around in the air, but it was a generally appalling display in the field. One or two run outs were missed as well.

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