5 best fielders the Indian cricket team has ever had

#2. Mohammed Kaif

Kaif was the best Indian fieler during his playing days for the national team

The out of favour Indian batsman has not played for the Men in Blue for more than a decade now but one cannot deny that he was one of the finest fielders in the world during his playing days and probably the best fielder India had in the limited-overs format.

Always agile on the field with the ability to take even the most difficult of diving catches, Mohammed Kaif along with Yuvraj Singh formed one of the world’s most deadliest fielding duos. Besides his agility, Kaif had an extremely accurate throw and his throw more than often found the stumps.

Kaif has taken some marvellous catches for India but one catch which any Indian Cricket fan cannot forget is his brilliant diving catch to dismiss Shoaib Malik in the first ODI of India’s Tour of Pakistan in 2004.

With Pakistan needing only 10 to win from 8 balls, Malik skied a Zaheer Khan delivery in the air and Kaif was coming in from mid-off while Badani was coming in from mid-on. Kaif caught the ball but just a second later, both players nearly collided but Kaif held on to it and Malik was gone.