When India toured Pakistan in 2004/05 in the third Test Irfan (at that time he was 19) and Balaji (22 then) played their 2nd or 3rd test. Indian fielders dropped 10 catches. Inzi was dropped twice. Balaji was the worst affected. But India went on to win the Test by an innings. I think mental toughness should be there to shrug off dropped chances and continue applying pressure on the opposition. Both the dropped chances were result of arrogant and over-confident shots from Gambhir and Raina. So i think BD players should not ponder too much about those dropped chances. Gilchrist dropped like 10 catches in England tour. It's part and parcel of the game.
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