Team India gets superstar to announce best fielder award
Who's the winner?
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Nov-2023
India have entered the World Cup semi-finals after an emphatic win over Sri Lanka in Mumbai. And since the match was at the Wankhede, it felt right that the much-anticipated best fielder medal, a dressing-room award given by fielding coach T Dilip, should be announced by local boy and World Cup winner Sachin Tendulkar. Shreyas Iyer took back the medal from KL Rahul, who had won it in Lucknow after the win over England.
Dilip has been very imaginative in how he has delivered the medals to his players, who in turn have been eager to receive them, often gesturing in the field about winning one after taking a catch.
In Lucknow after India's 100-run win over England, Dilip plunged the whole stadium into darkness before lighting up the winner's name.
In Dharamsala, after they beat New Zealand, he got the Spidercam to deliver the medal to Iyer.
In Pune, after India's seven-wicket win over Bangladesh, he announced it via the giant screen on the ground.