The Indian team performed brilliantly in the Test series against England. After losing the first match, the home team did not give even the slightest chance to the visiting team to make a comeback in the remaining four test matches. Due to which India has won the test series 4-1. After the end of the series, Indian team's fielding coach T Dilip remembered Shreyas Iyer. He praised Iyer's excellent performance in the first two matches against England. Let us tell you that after the Visakhapatnam Test, Shreyas Iyer was dropped from the team due to poor performance. Iyer is currently playing the final match for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy 2024.
Why was Shreyas Iyer remembered?
Team India did excellent fielding against England. In this series, the Indian team took many impossible catches and run outs. After which Team India's fielding coach T Dilip gave medals to the players for their excellent fielding, but before giving the medals, T Dilip said that Shreyas Iyer is no longer with the team, but his fielding in the first two matches was excellent. He took many brilliant catches while fielding. Along with this, he also made many brilliant run outs while fielding. His fielding left a lot of impact in the match.
These players got medals
After Shreyas Iyer, fielding coach T Dilip said for Chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav that he performed very well while fielding. The coach said that during the match, Kuldeep Yadav came from fine leg and explained his strategy. Due to this, the Indian team got a lot of advantage during fielding. The second medal was given to captain Rohit Sharma and young batsman Shubman Gill. This is the first time that three players have been awarded medals for excellent fielding.
When did the awarding of medals start?
Fielding coach T Dilip started giving medals during the ODI World Cup 2023. This medal is given to the player who performs best fielding in the match. To achieve this, all the fielders work hard on the field. The idea of giving medals for excellent fielding was also T Dilip's. Actually, there was a time when T Dilip was working as a school teacher. At that time he used to teach mathematics in school. After which he came up with this idea. After T Dilip became the fielding coach, the fielding of the Indian team has improved a lot.