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[thecord]

What's with Dhoni taping two of his fingers together on his keeping gloves?
Does anyone else do this and why?

[Howzat]

Possibly a finger injury that he wants to protect?

[thecord]

Possibly a finger injury that he wants to protect?

Yea you might be right. Plenty of fielders have tape on their hands but it just looks odd over keeping gloves.

[King pair]

A lot of people who do this do it to create a better catching pocket, it tends to be when they have a slightly ill fitting glove and dont have great control of their little finger. (Surely this cant be the case)

I would imagine the little finger will be taped slightly forward of second finger thus creating a slight bowl effect and a catching pocket. Doesnt seem to be doing much good though!!!

[justnotcricket86]

haha I was about to say that mate, not doing anything for him.

he does tape up his fingers a lot though under inners

[shazz]

I tape my inners, no real reason, just superstition i guess, cant remember why i started doing it.

[justnotcricket86]

I tape middle fingers and thumbs on both hands, with tissue underneath to stop friction. Not needed to cut my inners yet though.....

[OMF]

What's with Dhoni taping two of his fingers together on his keeping gloves?
Does anyone else do this and why?

my old man did it once his little finger broke - you cant tape your fingers together before you put your hand in the glove!
Just helps prevent it bending back on impact

[thecord]

my old man did it once his little finger broke - you cant tape your fingers together before you put your hand in the glove!
Just helps prevent it bending back on impact

Ah yea forgot old man Dickinson did that. Bet it feels weird

[Coach]

Why ever he does it, its clearly not helping him catch the little red thing!

[thecord]

Very true, even Dravid looked better than him!

[OMF]

Ah yea forgot old man Dickinson did that. Bet it feels weird

mate dont give my true identity away,  i cant cope with all the fan mail

[richthekeeper]

i tape the thumbs on my padded inners so the padding sits in the right place, otherwise i keep catching the ball down the seam which really hurts

[Simmy]

i think im gonna start taping my hands under my inners because i am sick of getting hurt on end of the fingers

[thecord]

Touch wood but my hands have come through relatively unscathed this year, possibly down to the fact that we have been hammered so many times I haven't had to keep for very many overs! Would be interested to know how you get on with the taping though