“I didn’t want to create a scene,” said Jasprit Bumrah at the end of 3 games in 1. The test match between India and England. India dropped three catches of Bumrah’s bowling, which was frustrated by a pitch, but according to his own confession he did not want to create a scene because no one intentionally wanted to drop catches.
Indian problems with catching did not stop there, because they spilled three more chances in the field, which moved the sum to the 6th. The chances of Harry Brook gave a valuable life to get 99 runs in the first English shifts and helped host the first Indian exchange score.
Butterflies were not limited to visitors, because England dropped four chances into the field of the field during the second Indian shift. Kal Rahul and Rishabh Pant were dropped just before reaching their centuries and sinking their morality for a moment in the 4th day of the match.
Why is so many catches abandoned in Leeds?
Most of the chances were dropped in the slip, with Yashasvi Jaiswal being the biggest culprit of all. On the platforms of the social media, Jaiswal was talented to the left, right and on Wednesday, because in the recent past, people forgot their usual brilliance on a short leg.
But why Fielders fell so many catches from both sides? Former English captain Alastair Cook had an excellent explanation for him at the end of 4. Day. When he talked about the BBC’s Match Special, Cook said there were two factors to drop the catches in Leeds, and both problems with Leeds were problems.
Problems in Leeds
- Slope
- Dark spots in the booth
Cook broke two problems and starting with a slope in Leeds. The former opener said that while he was not sure of this, for young crickets who did not play much in England, the slope could be a big factor, making concentration more difficult.
“At the end of the game, we heard from a number of interviews that this was hard soil. Ollie Pope mentioned it and five catches have fallen into slip.
We are standing here, you can see the brands where the players do, so they stand in the right place exactly where they are. And I think these are probably two possible reasons, ”said Alastair Cook.
“The first that I am not so sure is actually a slope where players are not used to the slope. The square is quite a long way over where we are, so no matter where you catch it,” he added.
Many chances went to the first place #Engvind The test and we have heard a lot that Headingley is a “hard catch”.
Sir Alastair Cook got into the slip for lunch to discuss several theories why we saw so much released catches. pic.twitter.com/21qagfypyl– Match Special Test (@bbctms) June 23, 2025
Cook was more confident about the second factor, where he said that the dark spots in the newly produced stands in Leeds made the slippers more difficult to see the dark red Duke ball when it was new.
“I think the main reason for this land especially when you look at the stands, there is a black line, a real dark black line, and if it enters the ball, I think players are a little missing, so you just miss it just the key piece.
“You can see that several chances went through today by hitting her hands a little harder and before they expected. It is actually the same at the other end – there is another line in this new beautiful booth, just to see under the first layer.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
June 24, 2025
