Just how many dropped catches are too many? In other words, catches win matches and not taking one thins the fate of winning matches. Won't you agree? And who could perhaps feel this the most other than
the existing sides competing in the Asia Cup 2025, where a droppped catch would hamper the outcome of your battle with the business end of the series needed.
While surely, there had already been dampeners in this series even before it took off for the simple reason that several big names weren't amd still aren't competing in the Asia Cup. But now that established or reputed teams have brushed up their image in any way thanks to fielding fiascos, one thing is clear. And it's that, no particular team's talent could be doubted at the wake of a dropped catch or two, and yet, the risk of cut shorting its journey in this series lies with that very team.
Here's a look at the list of teams with most catches dropped so far:
1. India- the team with most number of dropped catches being 12 catches
Dropping catches doesn't take you where stardom can and might. And yet, it's rather strange to find an established cricketing culture called Indian Cricket comprising Hardik Pandya, Shuvam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, to name a few, with the most horrendous looking record of 12 droppped catches in Asia Cup.
2. Hong Kong: 11 catches
Wait, what? 11 dropped catches? That is right. Had Bruce Lee, the greatest icon ever born in Hong Kong known that his countrymen weren't really being disciplined in the field, who knows what kind of kick would have torn what ligament. But anyways, the rising HK team hasn't been at its fielding best and anyone seeing their brand of cricket, whether in Kow Loon or Sha-Tin would agree. Would you?
3. Bangladesh: 8 catches
Bangladesh recently lost their T20I contest to India in what was perhaps an expected defeat for even in its post-Rohit Sharma and post-Virat Kohli avatar, India seem a behemoth on the field. But that's not an excuse for dropping 8 catches, right? And so, if you drop 8 catches especially in a series where each overs' outcome matters, you are already digging a hole that could swallow your fortune.
4. Sri Lanka: 6 catches
The action-packed, news-making Sri Lankan team, whose recent thrilling win over Afghanistan in the eleventh match of the series, has been making its fair share of fielding errors. Sri Lanka dropped as many as 6 catches from the games it played so far. But even then it has been performing rather well; its recent win over Afghanistan being a prime example of why the island nation mustn't be taken any lightly even as it doesn't have those humungous names in its firmament. But then, that also leads to a question whether only big names and huge talents can lead to a team's rise and whether a set of closely-knit talents cannot achieve the path to glory. Food for thought?
Regardless, anyone who thinks that Sri Lankan cricket isn't observing a turnaround is living under a rock, perhaps as heavy as the power of the talent that Assalanka and Nissanka bring.
5. Afghanistan: 4 catches
The team's losses, as seen against Bangladesh first and later, Sri Lanka have sincerely hampered its progress into the business end of the tournament where Asia Cup 2025 is concerned. The usually buoyant and hugely competitive team has been dealt with rather roughly in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 campaign and what hasn't helped Afghanistan a great deal is the fact that it dropped 4 catches in the series, so far.
6. Oman: 4 catches
Oman have droppped only 4 catches as on date but haven't unfortunately been all that exciting in the respect of their recent performances in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025. Despite their obvious talent, look for instance at Jitenkumar's medium pacers (he picked each of his career's 4 T20I wickets in this series) or for that matter, Vinayak Shukla's stable and focused keeping abilities, Oman have themselves to blame in this series. They were beaten comprehensively by UAE as also Pakistan. But they must take a lot of heart from their game against the host nation, UAE, wherein the not-so-dominant team made 130 runs off its 20 overs.
7. Pakistan: 3 catches
India's archrivals, those who dwell on the other side of the border but broardly speaking, a country intrepidly drawn to skirmishes and engaging with the unfortunate have dropped just 3 catches in Asia Cup 2025. And that's that; but even then, Pakistan haven't perhaps been anywhere as fluent as a Sri Lanka in the latest edition of the Asia Cup event.
8. United Arab Emirates: 2 catches
The hosts have, at the most, dropped 2 catches in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025. That's not a lot by any stretch of the imagination.
But even that hasn't meant that the team's fortunes toward making it to the far end of the tournament stand a chance to change. Surely, the talented UAE side led by Muhammad Waseem-led team is far more capable than the level of cricket they have played thus far.
FAQs
Which team has droppped most number of catches at the moment in Asia Cup 2025?
It is the Indian cricket team with 12 dropped catches, its latest fielding gaffes making the team climb the top of a rather embarrasing table. But the team shall bounce back, strongly.
How many catches did India drop v Saif Hassan its contest v Bangladesh on September 24?
There were no fewer than 4 dropped catches.
