Top 5 ODI batsmen who made the opposition pay dearly for dropping their catch

‘Catches win matches’, it is a cliche that has been used in cricket since aeons. Who will forget the catch Glenn Maxwell recently took to dismiss Liam Plunkett. Though it didn’t shift the tide in Australia’s favour but we have seen many times how moments of brilliance like these can win you a match.When the fielder drops a catch in a crucial situation, the last thing he wants is that in the end that batsman wins the match. In the history of cricket, there are various examples of batsmen making the opposition pay dearly for their dropped catches. Let us look at such top 5 examples:

#5 Imran Khan by Graham Gooch

Gooch dropped a crucial catch

In the 1992 World Cup final, Imran Khan came to the crease after the early fall of Aamir Sohail’s wicket on 20. As a captain, he was expected to lead from the front and score big and the great all-rounder didn’t disappoint. He scored a crucial knock of 72 runs which was the highest score in that final.

While batting, Pakistan were slow to start with their score reading 56 for 2 in 20 overs. In an attempt to break free, Imran top edged one in the air while flicking the ball to the leg side.

Gooch tried to catch it but in the end only managed to grass the chance. Imran went on to build a crucial 139 runs stand with Javed Miandad and take Pakistan to a respectable score of 249.

Later, Pakistan won the final by 22 runs after an epic spell by Wasim Akram which broke the English hopes of their first World Cup win.