League's catching pandemic

CHENNAI Super Kings' coach Stephen Fleming minced no words and came hard on the players for dropping plenty of catches in their loss against Punjab Kings a few days ago.

- FIROZ MIRZA @ Mumbai

Among the batters, who got reprieve was the young Priyansh Arya, who went on to hammer a century after being dropped twice.

"The game was really lost on the field, I thought we were sloppy in the field, and we just lacked accuracy under pressure at certain times," Fleming had said after the match. "We were put under pressure by a fine innings [from Arya] but we've got to be better than that in terms of shutting it down. So that's where the game got away from us. The catching has been poor, but it was poor from both sides tonight. Whether it was something in the light I'm not sure, but certainly for us that was an area of concern," he added.

However, dropping catches is not confined to CSK alone. Other teams too have been found guilty of sloppy fielding. Gujarat Titans' batting coach Parthiv Patel admitted to this unusual situation that led to their loss against Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana Stadium the other day.