Butter fingers: Catching efficiency on decline in IPL 2025

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April 23, 2025

Catching Efficiency on Decline in IPL 2025

Dropped Catches on the Rise

The first 40 matches in IPL 2025 have seen 111 dropped catches, the most in an edition since 2020. This has resulted in a catching efficiency of 75.2%, the lowest after the first 40 matches in the IPL since 2020.

Top Dropped Catches

Tristan Stubbs: 4 dropped catches (joint-most this year)
Khaleel Ahmed: 4 dropped catches (joint-most this year)
Prince Yadav: 1 dropped catch

Team-wise Fielding in IPL 2025

Team	Matches	Catches	Dropped	Catching %	Run-outs missed	RO%	Misfields
MI	8	41	8	83.6	24	18.7	14
RCB	8	35	7	83.3	19	5	31
KKR	8	35	7	83.3	12	7.1	18
GT	8	41	11	78.8	18	0	21
SRH	7	28	9	75.6	13	7.1	25
RR	8	31	11	73.8	17	10.5	26
LSG	9	37	14	72.5	22	7.6	35
PBKS	8	29	13	69	20	4.7	23
DC	8	33	15	68.7	14	26.3	28
CSK	8	27	16	62.7	13	18.7	26

Worst Fielding Teams

CSK: 16 dropped chances
RR: 11 dropped chances
LSG: 14 dropped chances

Impact of Fielding on Matches

CSK's fielding inefficiency cost them in their loss to RCB, with Rajat Patidar riding his luck thrice during his 32-ball 51.
RR's fielding errors cost them in their loss to RCB, with Virat Kohli and Phil Salt being dropped in their first game in Jaipur.
DC's fielding errors cost them in their loss to CSK, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, and Sanju Samson being given reprieves in the run-chase.

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