India‘s dressing room Fielder of the Match award has garnered a lot of attention during the 2023 World Cup. Here is the story behind the award.
Ever since BCCI released dressing room footage of the Fielder of the Match award ceremony after India’s win over Australia in the first match of the 2023 World Cup in Chennai, fans have been watching the award ceremony every time. A tradition has developed of waiting for the footage. Drop the match against India.
From Virat Kohli to Ravindra Jadeja to KL Rahul, several players won this award in the nine group stage matches of the World Cup. The entire list can be viewedhere.
After the final league match between India and Netherlands in Bangalore, fielding coach T Dilip revealed the story behind the creation of the award.
The story behind India’s Fielder of the Match award
Dilip is happy that the award has received such attention from the public and the idea behind it is to recognize the efforts of fielders in ways that go beyond the sheer number of catches and runs conceded. He said it was to give an award. Beyond. “First of all, I think it’s really encouraging to see how his fans are reacting on social media,” Dilip said.
“The whole idea of this medal, what it represents is that the intention and effort and spirit that you put in is reflected on the field. It may not show up in the statistics, but the medal represents It’s visible to everyone who has earned it.”It’s noticeable in the stadium.
“So what we look at is stats, runs, saves, catches are measured.” But even more important is the value you place on the team. So this is a reassuring element that we want to include in our tests now. ”
When asked how the captain and coach reacted when the idea of this award was first raised, Dilip said this is a tradition that has been going on for four months, not just since the World Cup started. I made it clear that.
“So the whole idea really started and we saw the medals at the World Championships. But we started this idea four months ago, in the locker room of every game, with the best field player. That’s when we started announcing the awards…Now you can see the awarding of medals on social media during the World Cup,” Dilip said. /p>
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He elaborated that the main motive behind this award was not to simply celebrate great saves and catches, but to recognize and encourage consistency in the field throughout the 50 overs. Did.
“But the whole idea was to make sure that you didn’t just promote and talk about that great catch, but also your consistent performance in a 50-over game, which is very important. Because 300 balls come with consistency, whether it’s the catch, the effort, or the intensity. We want to advance what’s important, and that’s the main reason why we received this medal. That was the reason.”
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