Twitter Reactions: Ross Taylor drops a sitter to give India a vital lifeline

Ross Taylor invited all the social media trollers today after he put down an easy-peasy catch which could have sent India batting mainstay Virat Kohli. Taylor sloppy fielding was quite surprising given the fact that he is such a good fielder. The blunder happened in the 5th over, when Kohli found himself in danger after his attempt to guide the ball towards the third man almost got him dismissed.

Matt Henry surprised Kohli and with the bounce and forced Kohli to hit the ball towards gully region where Taylor was stationed. The catch wasn’t difficult. It went straight to him but was little low. But, it was a simple catch and a fielder of Taylor’s calibre would have taken it on most occasions. Unfortunately, Taylor fumbled and lost the golden opportunity to dismiss Kohli.

Twitter was quick at mocking Taylor fro his dropped catch. Many aptly acknowledge the fact that how dangerous Kohli is during chases and dropping his wicket is equal to losing the match itself. Fortunately, the visitors were able to strike almost immediately after Taylor’s fielding blunder. Veteran Tim Southee made sure that Rohit Sharma did not proceed further that making 13 runs and dismissed him in the 9th over.

The catch was crucial for the Black Caps who, after setting a challenging target of 286 runs, had managed to remove Ajinkya Rahane early. Rahane’s departure was a huge setback to India’s effort and losing Kohli quickly afterwards, would have further pushed India on the backfoot. What is more amusing that Kohli, however, at the moment is at the crease and going strong, leading the chase with skipper MS Dhoni.

If Ross Taylor had seen Kohli's innings vs Australia in WT20 semi final on this same ground he would regret even more for that drop catch..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/790169668686319621

Dropped Virat. In a runchase. When India dont have finishers. Ross Taylor has just crossed into zone 'beyond useless' on this tour. #IndvNZ

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) October 23, 2016

Both the ball and the tongue are out #RossTaylor

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) October 23, 2016

Ross Taylor dropped the catch of Virat Kohli in the 3rd ODI. How costly is that? #indvsnz pic.twitter.com/0KhdeMcSyh

— Sarath Chandran (@ImSarathC) October 23, 2016

Ravi Shastri reaction wen Kohli catch ws missed #indvsnz pic.twitter.com/buhV9lKFEC

— M(B&SD) (@dhfpmb) October 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/SirBinny/status/790172412964896772

It's unfair that India is playing with 12 players and New Zealand playing with 10
Ross Taylor

— Sweet Abyss (@TrueAthiest) October 23, 2016

Ross taylor had dropped kohli's catch , When will NZ selectors drop Ross taylor ? #indvsn

— Hunटरर♂ (@nickhunterr) October 23, 2016

Ross taylor dropped a sitter of Virat… wht must be the bowler going through… but ross taylor lookes like a retired player

— Samip Rajguru (@samiprajguru) October 23, 2016

Ross Taylor dropped Virat Kohli's catch to return the favor of teaching him how to speak Benchod#indvsnz

— भक्ता (@Gutkha_Mukesh) October 23, 2016

Ross Taylor Drops Virat in Run chase and that too a sitter… #INDvNZ

— Sagar Gala (@sagargala1234) October 23, 2016

Ross Taylor may of just dropped the game right there! #INDvNZ

— ItsQAS (@QAS__786) October 23, 2016

Surprisingly, Ross Taylor didn't yell 'Behenchod' after dropping Kohli's catch#IndvsNZ

— Sunil (@akshaykanitkar) October 23, 2016

Virat just wanted to hear Ross Taylor swear in Hindi again by giving him an easy catch to drop.

— MansahaRatty (@YearOfRat) October 23, 2016