Asia Cup 2022: Former Indian captain, Virat Kohli has backed the young Indian seamer, Arshdeep Singh after his dropped catch proved to be costly in the match against Pakistan on Sunday. Chasing a high score of 182 runs to win, Pakistan looked to be in a spot of uncertainty after the Indian team bounced back after Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz’s dismissals.
In the 18th over, needing 34 runs, Asif Ali attempted a sweep shot off Ravi Bishnoi and it seemed like he would have been out as well. However, Singh failed to grab the catch and Ali survived to bring back the game in Pakistan’s favor as well. The 23-year-old India pace bowler was then given the task of defending seven runs in the final over and he failed to do so as Pakistan won the match by five wickets as well.
Meanwhile, after the match, Arshdeep Singh faced a lot of criticism from fans on social media. But, Virat Kohli has come to his support. While speaking at the post-match press conference, Virat Kohli said that anyone can make such a mistake in a high-pressure game and also gave a personal example from his first Champions Trophy as well.