Rohit Sharma loses on the field as Yashasvi Jaiswal drops three catches in an innings

“Catches win games” goes the saying, but young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal became the epitome of missed chances, missing as many as three chances on the fourth day of the 4th Test against Austrlaia in Melbourne on Sunday. India captain Rohit Sharma was quite accommodating when the first chance fell through, but was in no mood to let Jaiswal go as he missed the next two catches. Jaiswal got a sympathetic ear from Rohit on both the second and third occasions as he continued to give lifelines to the Australian batters as a close-in fielder.

Jaiswal’s horror run on the field began when he dropped Usman Khawaja off Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling. Arguably the toughest of the three chances he had, Jaiswal was given the benefit of the doubt for that missed chance.

However, when he dropped Marnus Labuschagne in the 40th over of the innings, neither Rohit nor bowler Akash Deep was in the mood to let him go. Both were angry and expressed anger at the missed opportunity.

Rohit Sharma is furious after Jaiswal drops Labuschagne’s catch.

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Jaiswal’s third drop catch while fielding at a silly point. The ball went between his legs as Pat Cummins parried a ball throw from Ravindra Jadeja. Rohit was angry again.

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As Rohit openly expressed his anger on the field, a commentator expressed his dissatisfaction over the captain’s action. “Not the right body language from the captain. You are the one who has to send the message of calm and support. No one has any intention of dropping a catch. He’ll feel bad enough when he makes the catch… except for you.” “You don’t have to see that as a young player,” the commentator said.