Are dropped catches costing PBKS? Shreyas Iyer's honest admission after SRH loss costs No. 1 spot in IPL 2026

Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . KEY TAKEAWAYS: Punjab Kings dropped three catches and missed a stumping against SRH on Wednesday. Yuzvendra Chahal has had 8 of 16 chances dropped off his bowling this season, the worst ratio in IPL 2026.

PBKS have the tournament's worst catching efficiency at 71. 43% after just ten matches. Punjab Kings' catching nightmare continues as fielding woes cost them dearly against SRH Punjab Kings' skipper Shreyas Iyer made an honest admission that their poor fielding must be improved after the loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad cost them the No.

1 spot in IPL 2026. It was another frustrating outing on the field at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, as PBKS dropped three more catches and missed a stumping, adding to an already damning record. Cooper Connolly was the first to put one down, grassing a relatively straightforward chance off Ishan Kishan at backward square leg.

Shashank Singh, who has been a frequent offender this season, then failed to hold onto a Heinrich Klaasen chance at deep backward square leg, a drop that resulted in a boundary. MORE: Youngest overseas batters to score IPL century: Connolly creates history Lockie Ferguson joined the list in the 11th over when he fumbled another chance off Yuzvendra Chahal's bowling. In that same over, wicketkeeper Prabhsimran Singh also failed to execute a stumping, as SRH powered their way to 235 for 4.