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Why is Shashank Singh leaving such easy catches? Now Heinrich Klaasen has been dropped, how long will captain Shreyas Iyer tolerate this?
Samira Vishwas | May 7, 2026 6:24 AM CST

IPL 2026: The 49th match of the Indian Premier League 2026 is being played on 6 May between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which the Punjab Kings bowlers dropped 4 catches in 10 overs. Shashank Singh dropped a simple catch of Heinrich Klaasen in this match also. This season Shashank Singh has dropped 5 easy catches so far.

Shashank Singh dropped the catch of Heinrich Klaasen

In the match being played, Shashank Singh left the catch of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Heinrich Klaasen on the score of only 9 runs. This catch was very easy, but the ball slipped from his hand, after which Heinrich Klaasen played an inning of 69 runs in 43 balls and Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 235 runs. In this match, apart from Shashank, two more fielders of Punjab Kings, Cooper Connolly and Lockie Ferguson also dropped important catches. Cooper Connolly also dropped the catch of Ishan Kishan at the score of 9 runs.

Shashank Singh has dropped 6 catches in IPL 2026

This was the sixth catch dropped by Shashank in 9 matches in IPL 2026. This season has been very bad for Shashank Singh in terms of fielding. He has disappointed his team Punjab Kings and fans with his poor fielding.

Shashank Singh had dropped 3 catches against LSG.

In the match against Lucknow Super Giants, Shashank Singh had dropped 3 important catches. He dropped the catches of Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram and Mukul Chaudhary. After this, in the match against Delhi Capitals, Shashank had dropped the catch of big players like KL Rahul, after which KL Rahul played an inning of 152 runs.


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