Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin believes that the Indian team led by Shubman Gill will have to change its attitude to overcome the problem of poor fielding in the five-Test series against England. Indian fielders, especially Yashasvi Jaiswal, dropped many catches in the first Test. India was defeated by Ben Stokes' team by five wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series.

Haddin, who has played 66 Tests for Australia, said, 'Every great team in every era has been excellent in fielding as well. Shubman Gill should also start this in this team. For this, a change in attitude is needed. You want to field well and want to be competitive all the time, it is a matter of attitude.'

Haddin said that the level of catching was very poor in IPL as well. He said, 'This year the catching in IPL was very poor. We talked about talented bowlers and batsmen, but the real problem was catching. I will say that we have to find a way to become the best fielding team because there is no dearth of talent.' Haddin scored 3266 runs in 66 Tests for Australia at an average of 32.99. This includes four centuries and 18 half-centuries. Apart from this, he scored 3121 runs in 126 ODIs at an average of 31.53. At the same time, in 34 T20s for the Kangaroos, he scored 402 runs at a strike rate of 114.53. This wicketkeeper-batsman made his international debut in 2001 in an ODI against Zimbabwe. At the same time, he played his last match in July 2015. It was a Test match against England.

Yashasvi dropped a total of four catches in the Leeds Test. During England's second innings, he dropped the catch of Player of the Match Ben Duckett. He was then on 97 runs. After this, he played an innings of 149 runs. Not only this, in the first innings also Yashasvi dropped the catches of centurion Ollie Pope and Harry Brook in the slip. In the first innings, Brook scored 99 runs and Pope scored 106 runs. Apart from Yashasvi, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant also dropped catches. Taking advantage of this, the English team was successful in defeating India.

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