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Such dirty fielding… got an easy chance to catch, but the players kept looking at each other.

Sanjeev Kumar | May 21, 2026 3:23 AM CST

Rovman Pavel got life support. (Photo PTI)

IPL 2026, KKR vs MI: In the match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, a moment was seen which surprised the fans. Poor fielding of Mumbai Indians further increased the team's problems, when two players kept looking at each other for easy catches. This incident happened on the second ball of the 10th over of Kolkata Knight Riders' innings, when Mumbai Indians missed an easy opportunity to get the wicket.

Rovman Powell got life support

Actually, Hardik Pandya bowled the 10th over during the innings of Kolkata Knight Riders. On the second ball of this over, Rovman Powell tried to play a pull shot, but the ball hit the upper part of the bat and went very high in the air. It seemed that it would be an easy catch, but there was a tremendous misunderstanding between the two fielders on the field, due to which Rovman Powell got a life.

Players kept looking at each other, missed catch

When the ball was in the air, Deepak Chahar came running towards the ball from fine leg, while Robin Minz also came quickly to take the catch from deep backward square leg. Both players got under the ball, but neither could make a clean call at the last moment. Both the players kept looking at each other for a few seconds and the batsman got the benefit of this confusion. The ball fell safely on the ground between the two. The replay clearly showed that this catch was of Deepak Chahar, but due to lack of coordination at the last moment, Mumbai Indians had to suffer a big loss.

After this misfield, fans on social media also raised questions on Mumbai's fielding. Many people called it one of the worst fielding mistakes of the season. In a big tournament like IPL, such opportunities can change the course of the match. Mumbai Indians are already struggling with lack of consistency this season and now such mistakes in fielding are adding to the team's problems.

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Mohid Khan is serving as a senior sub-editor on the sports desk of TV9 Hindi. He has 4 years of experience in journalism. He is originally from Beawar city of Rajasthan. Mohid has obtained the degree of Journalism and Mass Communication from Chaudhary Charan Singh University. He is fond of reading, writing and playing. He started his career with India News. After this he worked in institutions like OneIndia Hindi, Zee News and India TV. He is an expert in minutely analyzing any cricket match and is also interested in making news related to other sports.