South Africa v India 2013: 1st Test - Day 2: Flops of the Day

5. India’s catching

2 dropped chances that, had they been taken, could have altered the balance of play at the end of Day 2. As Zaheer Khan was troubling Graeme Smith in his first spell, he induced an outside edge which went through to first slip and should have been regulation low catch for Ashwin. But, Ashwin was slow to get down, and made a meal of the chance.

The second chance came when Philander and Faf du Plessis were essaying the recovery, and Mohammad Shami got du Plessis to edge to second slip, where Rohit Sharma dropped an easy chance that came at a comfortable height as well.