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Originally posted by: Savera84

Indian cricket's fielding struggles stem from a historical focus on batting/bowling, inconsistent training, cultural emphasis on academics over sports, and selection policies sometimes favoring specialists over athletic all-rounders, leading to lapses in concentration, technique, and fitness compared to top fielding nations like Australia/NZ, though recent years have seen improvement with talents like Jadeja/Kohli, yet consistency remains a challenge.

The dry grounds and humid conditions are also reasons for poor fielding.

Irrespective of the other factors, the players need to be physically fit to be able to run, jump, skid and bend to stop the ball. They need to train in fielding along with batting and bowling.

As long as we concentrate only on batting and bowling the success rate is not going to change.

By the way, if the stat says a decade old record or 20 year record was broken, it doesn't necessarily mean our fielding was good earlier.

Pitches were made to suit our spinners and if you look at the history, some spinners from other countries also had success on our grounds.

This is just my observation.

Cheers..

Sorry couldn't reply earlier.

I agree. Fielding has not been a strong point as far as India is concerned.

Our bowlers and batters have been talented enough to compensate for poor fielding.

Being flexible enough to take impossible catches is one thing, but dropping easy, catchable ones indicates a lack of concern—a “take it easy” attitude that needs to change.

Recent data places our fielding percentage at around 75% which is less than when compared with England/NZ.

Also after Asia cup, this percentage has reduced further.

Like you said, We have been conditioned to look at only batting and bowling as the main aspects of cricket. We should start thinking about fielding with just as much importance.

@pink: Some missed catches are understandable. Not every catch is easy, but the effort counts.

@red: Exactly!

Even in bowling, India tends to concede a higher number of extras, which is another quantifiable area. These may appear minor in isolation, but over a match or series, they often become the difference between winning and losing.