Dhoni is not happy with his team's fielding, but he could well have some funny tales to tell like these

Fielding and catching errors can cause much consternation for captains and bowlers. Hence, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's post-match blast for his side's fielding after the second Twenty20 game against Sri Lanka in Mohali was
fully justified.

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"I have never seen a team dropping so many catches. But there was something funny going around, something fishy. Sri Lanka also missed so many run-outs. We have to improve our bowling, apart from fielding. Not only in T20s, but also in ODIs," Dhoni, was quoted as saying after India squared the two-match series.

To say India's fielding woes have been on the rise would be the understatement of the year.

That the Board of Control for Cricket in India decided to do away with Robin Singh as fielding coach is another matter. Now, baseball expert Mike Young, who has been roped in as consultant, will be looked upon as a miracle man. It is the players who have to come up with acts of Houdini through sheer hardwork if India are to look an impressive unit on the field.

While those efforts will be no laughing matter, MiD DAY culls out some amusing instances of poor fielding and catching: