Team India batter Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the most recent ‘Fielder of the Match’ medallist by India’s fielding coach T. Dilip after their 160-run win over Netherlands in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match in Bengaluru on Sunday evening. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as soon as once more introduced the winner in an distinctive style with the groundmen on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium declaring the Mumbai Indians batter because the winner of the medal on Diwali evening.
Surya barely had any time to make an affect with the bat – scoring a few the 1 ball he confronted, however on the sector, he stood out and made his presence felt. India’s fielding coach T. Dilip, who has introduced memorable improvements to how the prize is awarded, referred to as the crew in addition to the administration out on the sector and revealed the identify of the contenders on the large display screen as a substitute of displaying it on the same old display screen.
KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja had been the three contenders for the award and an image of them popped up on the large display screen. As quickly as Surya’s identify was introduced, MI teammate Ishan Kishan made a prediction that the right-handed batter would stroll away with the gold medal.
The second of reality got here as individuals one after one other began to lift placards to announce ‘Surya’ because the winner. The gold medal was offered to him by left-arm throwdown specialist coach Nuwan Seneviratne.
Dilip hailed Nuwan’s efforts and stated within the video posted by BCCI, “Tirelessly working behind the stumps playing dual roles. But especially in the fielding he has been my right shoulder my everything.”
After claiming his reward Surya thanked the fielding coach and stated, “He (Dilip) has been behind me since one year finally I think this is the reward.”
Dilip later revealed within the post-match press convention that it was great to see the response of the followers to the dressing room medal ceremony on social media. “I think firstly, it’s truly heartening to see that the response at which the fans gave in social media. But the whole idea about this medal, what it represents is that the intent and effort, what the spirit you give, get onto the field, which may not be seen on the stats, but it can be felt by everyone who are in the stadium. So, what we look at is – yes, the stats, runs, saves, catches taken, is measured. But also, what value you give to the team is also counted. So, that is something, an encouraging factor we want to get into the test now,” Dilip stated after the match.
India’s fielding coach additionally revealed when the thought of ‘fielding awards’ first began taking form. “So, the whole idea actually started and you are seeing the medal in the World Cup. But this idea we started 4 months back, where we started to declare the best fielder award in the dressing room in every game. Just at the medal and we are able to see the medal presentation all over in social media now in the World Cup. But the whole idea was to make sure that we not only encourage or talk about that brilliant catch, but also the consistent performance in a 50-over game, which is very important because 300 balls, how you carry that consistency, whether it is catching or effort or intensity is what we want to get that important going. So that was the main reason behind getting this medal,” Dilip stated.
