Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh missed out on a crucial catch in the 'Super Four' match of the Asia Cup 2022 against Pakistan, but 36 years ago something similar happened with Chetan Sharma when his ball was full toss instead of a yorker. Went for six. Chetan then tried to bowl a yorker to Javed Miandad who was then called 'Maharaja of Sharjah' but it went full toss.
In those days of Doordarshan, it used to have only normal coverage and now it is such that one can watch Indian Premier League matches at the Sharjah Stadium. We know this is a small ground where sixes can be hit comfortably. In the 1986 Australasia Cup final, Chetan had a bad delivery in which he missed a length. And now in 2022 Asif Ali played a shot in the air and Arshdeep dropped the catch while he would have caught it 10 times in 11. All the teammates were very disappointed.
There was a gap of 36 years between these two matches but the spectators could not accept even the simple mistake of human beings and then Chetan became very frightened by it. One can just hope that Sunday's missed catch doesn't leave a deep impact on the 23-year-old's mind as if all goes well, he will go on to become one of the best T20 finals over bowlers in world cricket in the coming years. is fixed.
Chetan was not spared by Indian fans when he was one of the Indian bowlers to take five wickets in the Lord's Test and the first hat-trick in the ODI World Cup. But people only remember that one ball. The reaction on social media to Arshdeep missing the catch on Sunday night is also not to be taken lightly and the hatred shown in it cannot be explained.
People forgot that a few minutes after the catch was missed, Arshdeep came to bowl the last over and he showed great spirit and got the same Asif out leg before. They forgot that only seven runs were to be defended in the last over in a T20 match which was quite easy to make. They forgot that Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar also did not have a good day.
