Why are Indian slips fielders so close to each other ?

[CG]

This creates utter confusion for fielders which one they should go for.

[asterix]

It’s the newly developed Bro Bonding among the team...

[cric_fan]

To keep warm?

[speedheat]

To have better chance of excuse in case of drop

[Temujin Khaghan]

It's basically their lack of confidence. Just see how far Warner, mark Waugh and Taylor stand from each other while they are plucking peaches off mid-air during an intense McGrath spell..

[Gollum]

They are hopeless that's why. Seriously at this point I doubt they even bother about improving this area. 

[singhprakash72]

you are not supposed to dive in fielding position...never saw VVS diving but held all his catches if it were in his zone. The fundamental problem is on theory they know slip catching but because they play so much circus cricket they never put it to practice. Tell me how many hrs of slip catching in practice or in test match have our stalwarts done compared to VVS, Dravid or even Ganguly. Even Sachin was such a safe slip fielder compared to our so called slip specialist today.

[Clarke]

Shastri as coach applies his tracer bullet theory to plug in all gaps if the ball comes like a bullet.

[beetle]

Our bowlers are so unfortunate to have these slip catchers and an uncaring management.

These guys will have serious health issues in life with all the heartburn and suppresed .

[rkt.india]

9 hours ago, singhprakash72 said:

you are not supposed to dive in fielding position...never saw VVS diving but held all his catches if it were in his zone. The fundamental problem is on theory they know slip catching but because they play so much circus cricket they never put it to practice. Tell me how many hrs of slip catching in practice or in test match have our stalwarts done compared to VVS, Dravid or even Ganguly. Even Sachin was such a safe slip fielder compared to our so called slip specialist today.

BCCI had hired a specialist slip coach in Bob Simpson in late 90s. Dravid himself admitted how it helped his slip catching.

[Switchblade]

3 hours ago, UnknownGenius said:

Look at the slip cordon

 

Dhawan Kohli and Rahane

 

Surely they are chit chatting about how to get Rohit Sharma back into the team

 

I guess thats why they removed India's best slip fielder's Vijay and Ashwin away from cordon as those two have integrity and will have nothing to do with the favoritism

DK may disagree with you.