The Changing Time
Fielding was not quite considered an excellent cricketing ground in times past. It was borne anew into the light by Jonty Rhodes. His flying run-out in the 1992 World Cup held people in a stadium in wait for any other magical actions from him and the field. Jonty never dives; he slides if he expects it: that is his whole athleticism from hockey and sprinting, in one regard, the second effect being the aftermath. On one side, that feature for every fielder will define balance, and all those who have attempted to copy it since 1992 have always.
Ricky Ponting and Sharpness
Ponting wasn’t the kind who would catch and care less about getting a mouthful of stares for taking even the most outrageous catches at the boundary; those were more deserved, though, once in a while. You knew it; he wouldn’t drop them, having done with heroics the way he was hitting through Australia in the really early 2000s. He was among the Australians of the first order, the greats, in contrast to the Sea of Carboni, whereas some other fielders who supported were all quite soon discontinued.
His Individuality: AB-el Villiers
Just watching him field, and suddenly, street cricket stands with an international slap on the shoulder. Illy was thought out and combative. He would run and fling in from running around quite hard and sometimes on his back, while the odd ball would make its way blindly to the stumps without a miss. Watching is quite a kind of great benediction-smile, shrug-is all so causal like called off as a wicket falls.
Suresh Raina-New Call for India
Raina was that divergence for Indian cricket. Suddenly, not only was there an impressive sliding stop, but also there was great gymnastics all over the ground-Twilight Zone. Raina was himself well bevelled to stop a four, maybe a six-in-one point/backward point-by the stumping quite significantly off a straight line; he really turned inside for what is norm that insider fielding should be; a norm that Raina began.
Unfair Catch by Herschelle Gibbs
The catch was during the 1999 World Cup and was illegal in its nature. Gibbs had the grip for only a split second against gravity, but he was the most reliable guy in some golden years for the Springboks in all these highlights. Gibbs had very solid instincts of playing, somewhat foolishly brought back to the primary school types of days, where catching was practically the only part of JVMian agility without a touch of discipline.
Paul Collingwood’s Quiet Brilliance
Collingwood never appeared much-or did he? That is how he came across, but then you would find he had done a fair bit of the stuff. Collingwood has an almost 100% catch rate. He took a catch in 2005 that brought Australia down to nothing. He very well encapsulates the English-edgy style, in that there is more with concentration and no flamboyance. It is his perception that if he can get a hand on the ball, he is going to save a run.
Ravindra Jadeja-Thunderclap
It has become legendary that Jadeja’s waiting action at the back, getting ready for the ball to come, has put batsmen in a position where they want to chunk up quite a bit while running the single-ordinary/stupid-the throw may be ignored, but thinking forward: he’s on his way to get the ball even before it is properly played. His heroic stamina, in conjunction with the setting sun, is what really made that temporary workout during that 45th over great.
Andrew Symonds and Controlled Chaos
Symonds brought within himself a touch of untamedness in restoring bigger and very brutal catches. These often emanated from very hard dives combined with sustenance. He was never a stylist in the sense of elegance, meaning just other than the potential to carry it out to his favour, and especially in the deep field. Symonds was a gritty competitor who lived in the spirit of the right kind of Aussies of this time: piss-off-aggressiveness.
Eknath Solkar and Original Courage
Before boundaries were padded, he was always to be found at short leg, intercepting hits with his raw hands. To Solkar, it was not mere fielding; a catch symbolised a display of courage, even in the greatest fear of pain. The modern fielder took perhaps his greatest bravery from a particular, jewel-like personality who faced with the truest bravery the realities of white pain not spoken of.
Virat Kohli and the Change in Mental Formula
Of course, Kohli has worked a lot of magic on C/Ts and the like. He has also put in many an effort in fielding, but quite differently: throwing himself about in an effort to save the team, as if the whole game depended thereon on his fielding at that moment. However, it was inspired by him that fitness seemed to get louder and push very slowly away, bit by bit, all the shortcuts accepted substandard effort still pumping through the cultural veins of Indian fielding. This difference is a cause for celebration, though, probably more than any other historic time.
