Following India’s seven-wicket win against Pakistan in the 12th match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, India fielding coach T Dilip gave the best fielding award of the game to wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul. Before giving the award, Dilip praised the Indian bowling attack for moving quickly to their places. “I think special mention goes to Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, and Jasprit Bumrah for moving around quickly to their places and doing their best in the afternoon by going back to back,” Dilip said. The fielding coach also hailed Ravindra Jadeja for his speed and accuracy in the match against Pakistan.
“One thing special to see is that the world’s best fielder is back doing what he is renowned to be doing the best. Good to see Ravindra Jadeja doing it with speed and accuracy and getting there,” he added. While talking about KL Rahul, Dilip said that wicketkeeping often gets ignored and then added that the 31-year-old was fantastic on Saturday.
“One skill generally gets ignored. I think that is wicketkeeping; we expect to do the job, but some of the things we spoke about were coming to the wicket and coming to the stumps to collect those throws. Doing the leg side stump and catches. I think overall KL Rahul was fantastic,” he added. In the end, Dilip heaped praise on Shreyas Iyer for his top-class effort in the most anticipated match of the tournament. Later in the video, which was shared on the BCCI’s official handle on X (formerly known as Twitter), T Dilip handed over the medal to Rahul.
