Apart from their wonderful floor fielding, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise has caught the viewers’ creativeness with two spectacular catches on the boundary line because of Kings’ personal Khan – Tamil Nadu participant Shahrukh Khan.
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Speaking to TOI forward of their match in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Kings’ fielding coach Trevor Gonsalves mirrored on their strategy to fielding this season generally and Shahrukh’s two good and easy catches on the boundary line of their final match in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) specifically.
“Those two catches were really soothing to the eyes; the way Shahrukh took those catches… really fantastic. Brad (Haddin, assistant coach) and Trevor (Bayliss, head coach) are very mindful about the fielding part, so we are really working hard on our fielding,” Gonsalves stated from Mohali on Wednesday.
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“Hat’s off to Shahrukh for those excellent catches. He has been practising very hard, he relishes taking this type of catches during practice. Everyone in the dugout was extremely pleased. The match was very tight in the end and there was very little margin for error. My job as a fielding coach is to just plug in those gaps.”
Asked in the event that they practise these sorts of conditions at coaching, the previous Vidarbha coach stated, “Yes, we do. Because these catches win you matches. In this format every single run is crucial for us and the best way to save is with our fielding.”
Speaking on their strategy in the direction of fielding, which has additionally been praised by former Kings’ coach Anil Kumble, Gonsalves stated, “We have our guardsmen for the boundaries. Shahrukh is one of them and because of his height he gets an advantage. Trevor, Brad and myself are very critical about the infield, where we’re working hard to cut all the angles and attack the ball. We don’t mind if there’s a misfield but we always want to attack the ball.”
The fielding coach, in the meantime, backed his wards below excessive stress conditions. “To be honest it’s not easy judging catches under lights. And with the people flashing their phones in the background it becomes even more difficult; add to that 40000-50000 people shouting and hooting and you’re just looking at a tiny ball to catch which goes out of your vision for a split second sometimes. At the same time, you must be careful of not crossing the line while keeping your eyes on the ball continuously,” stated Gonsalves, who was additionally previously related to National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
There’s one factor although the place he desires to see a number of enchancment.
“We are looking forward to some brilliant run outs, direct hits. That’s just missing – the hit and run case. A few close misses by a few centimetres and I see that coming in our next games,” stated the fielding coach.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com