India star Virat Kohli bagged the ‘Fielder of the Match’ medal for his contributions within the fielding in India’s Champions Trophy final group stage win towards New Zealand on Sunday. Varun Chakaravarthy’s five-wicket haul led India to a 44-run win over New Zealand, ending on the high of Group A within the match. They now face Australia within the first semi-final, in Dubai on Tuesday, whereas New Zealand will face South Africa in Lahore on Wednesday.
Following the win, India fielding coach T Dilip addressed the gamers within the dressing room and lauded their efforts within the subject and revealed the contenders for the most effective fielding honours, earlier than coaching assistant Udenaka Nuwan Seneviratane handed the medal to Kohli, who featured in his landmark three hundredth ODI.
“We all the time talk about being gun fielding unit, for me an important factor is how you’re being proactive. I believed completely different faces of the sport; the way in which we squeezed in when Mitchell got here in and he could not get to rotate the strike. The way in which bullet throws got here from outfield…” Dilip stated in a video posted by BCCI on its web site.
“Coming to the contenders, the one wanting like a superman and took that catch… Axar Patel. Recreation after sport, he confirmed it once more and the way in which he stamped his authority on the sector, the way in which he largely to the prime place and taking these catches, Virat Kohli. The way in which he squeezed in, placing these dives… Shreyas Iyer,” he added.
Kohli grew to become the seventh participant from India to realize the 300-ODI landmark after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh.
Nonetheless, the star batter could not handle to place a lot affect in his milestone match as he was dismissed by Matt Henry for 11. Kohli nailed a full-blooded minimize however Glenn Phillips flew to his proper at backward level to pouch a one-handed stunner, leaving Kohli and followers surprised.
Shreyas Iyer top-scored for India with a knock of 79 whereas Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya contributed 42 and 45 respectively to take the facet to 249/9 in 50 overs.
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