Indian gamers have a good time as Suryakumar Yadav wins ‘greatest fielder’ medal© BCCI
Suryakumar Yadav grew to become the newest recipient of the ‘Fielder of the Match’ award for his distinctive efforts towards the Netherlands as India ended the group stage unbeaten. Surya barely had any time to make an impression with the bat, however on the sphere, 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 group in addition to the administration out on the sphere 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 have been the chosen candidates for the award and an image of them popped up on the large display screen. As quickly as Surya’s identify was introduced, Ishan Kishan made a prediction that the right-handed batter would stroll away with the gold medal.
The second of reality got here as folks one after one other began to lift placards to announce Surya because the winner. The gold medal was introduced to him by left-arm throwdown specialist coach Nuwan Seneviratne.
Dilip hailed Nuwan’s efforts and mentioned within the video posted by BCCI, “Tirelessly working behind the stumps taking part in twin roles. However particularly within the fielding he has been my proper shoulder my all the pieces.”
After claiming his reward Surya thanked the fielding coach and mentioned, “He (Dilip) has been behind me since one 12 months lastly I believe that is the reward.”
Coming to the match, the Indian group efficiently defended their whole efficiently and clinched a 160-run win. Kohli and Rohit stepped up within the bowling division claiming a wicket every whereas the star bowlers did their magic and ended the league stage on a excessive observe.
Mohammed Siraj led the India bowling assault after he bagged two wickets by giving solely 29 runs. Netherlands batters tried to win the sport however could not stand in entrance of the Indian bowling assault.
India will now face New Zealand on the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Wednesday which shall be a rematch of the 2019 World Cup, hoping to vary the previous end result and march in the direction of the ultimate.
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