私のキャプテンの対照的なキャプテン：Rohit Sharma ‘謝罪、’ハーディックパンディア ‘カジュアル’ドロップ後

Just for the starters, you cannot draw parallels from two dropped catches. The juncture of the slipped chances could be different and the batter at the helm is also a factor that sometimes restrains you from looking at them in equal context. But what about if we add the follow-up emotions? Case in point, India’s dropped two massive chances while fielding in the India vs Bangladesh match at the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai. Rohit Sharma had a horrendous moment, denying Axar Patel India’s first-ever Champions Trophy hat-trick. Hardik Pandya, on the other hand, was another defaulter who dropped a dolly.

United by dropping catches, divided by split of reactions

Rohit Sharma was gutted after dropping a regulation catch at slips. He chucked out an opportunity for Axar Patel to become India’s first-ever spinner to take a hat-trick in an ICC event. Axar was luring the Bangladeshi batters with his flighted orthodox spin and was successful in getting the edge all three times. Unfortunately, Rohit failed to do his bit and quickly apologised to the left-arm spinner, who was obviously disheartened. Jaker Ali, who was playing his first ball, utilised his chance and made a fighting 68 to frustrate India.

As we all know, Rohit’s character is more overt than most of them. He tends to animate his emotions. Look back to his “jaw-dropping” moment with Dinesh Karthik or him abusing youngsters when they themselves leave some efforts on ground. Similarly, Rohit quickly apologised to Axar, who “accepted his apology” after the first innings.

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“Not so sorry” Hardik Pandya?

Unlike Rohit, Hardik Pandya was quite casual when he dropped a sitter off Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling. This time, the batter was Towhid Hridoy, who had made just 23 runs by then. He dearly made India cry over the missed chance by Pandya, who saw Hridoy notch up a superb hundred. Unlike Rohit, Hardik Pandya wasn’t seen apologising to Kuldeep. He was quite “okay” and quickly ran back to gather the ball. Regardless, it massively cost India, who had to field for almost 50 overs. Had Pandya taken that dolly, things would’ve been much easier for India, who eventually had a task of chasing down 229.