Team India have began an distinctive medal ceremony for one of the best fielder which they award within the dressing room after each ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match. The likes of Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have already gained the award.
On Sunday, after India’s sixth consecutive win within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, wicketkeeper KL Rahul turned the primary Indian cricketers to win one of the best fielder ‘medal’ twice. Rahul, in reality, was the one cricketer on the sphere to take a catch towards England as all of the remaining English batters and bowlers had been dismissed leg-before, bowled or stumped.
The BCCI as soon as once more introduced KL Rahul’s identify because the ‘best fielder’ in a singular style after the match. Substitute fielder Ishan Kishan, pacer Mohammed Siraj and KL Rahul had been the three contenders for the award. To make the ultimate announcement, fielding coach Dilip TK took your complete Indian workforce got here out of the dressing room after which all of the floodlights on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow turned darkish, just for Rahul’s identify and jersey quantity to be illuminated to announce his identify because the winner.
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Rahul was earlier awarded the ‘best fielder’ after India’s win over arch-rivals Pakistan within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad earlier this month. The Indian wicketkeeper additionally scored essential 39 off 58 balls with the bat, placing on essential 91 runs for the fourth wicket along with his skipper Rohit Sharma, who top-scored 87 in Lucknow.
“This was the game which showed a lot of character in the squad. When the times were tough, all our experienced players stood up at the right time and got the game for us. Looking at how the tournament has gone for us, batting second in the first five games, we had to come and bat here,” Rohit Sharma, who was adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’, mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony on Sunday.
“We were challenged upfront, they bowled pretty well upfront. For us to get to a total on a pitch that had something in it, we just wanted to get to a total where we could play with it. We were not great with the bat today. Losing three wickets isn’t the ideal situation. When you are in a situation like that, all you are looking to do is create that long partnership, which we got. But couple of guys threw it at the end, including myself,” Rohit mentioned.
“All I was thinking was to be positive, the balls in my area I want to put it away, that’s how you put pressure back on the bowlers and the opposition as well. When you look at the overall picture, I thought we were 30 runs short,” the Indian skipper added.
