Sir Vivian Richards the esteemed West Indies cricketing great graciously bestowed the best fielders medal upon Suryakumar Yadav for his exceptional catch in the 2024 T20 World Cup Super8 clash between India and Bangladesh in Antigua on Saturday June 22. Displaying remarkable agility Yadav leaped to claim a spectacular catch dismissing Bangladeshs Litton Das and giving India an early advantage. Surpassing Indias captain Rohit Sharma and Axar Patel the 33yearold secured the prestigious best fielder award.
In an Instagram video provided by the Indian Cricket Team, Sir Vivian Richards was seen making a special appearance to present the medal. As soon as he entered the dressing room, the Men in Blue rose to show their reverence.
Sir Vivian Richards awarded Suryakumar the gold and wished India the best of luck for the rest of the competition, naming Rohit Sharma and his teammates as his second-best squad at the ICC event. He was also pleased to watch Rishabh Pant make a comeback after a horrible mishap.
haring the video on Instagram, ICT captioned the post:
“???????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????? | ???????????????????? ???????? ????????????????????????????????????????. At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, it is the legend himself who presented the fielder of the match medal!”
Watch the clip below:
Sir Vivian Richards played 121 Tests and 187 One-Day Internationals for the West Indies.
Rohit Sharma Praises India’s Aggressive Approach in Victory Over Bangladesh in 2024 T20 World Cup Super-8 Clash
Indias leader Rohit Sharma lauded his team the Men in Blue for their bold display in defeating Bangladesh by 50 runs in the 2024 T20 World Cup Super8 encounter. Expressing his admiration in the postmatch analysis:
“I have been talking about this for a long time now. It’s about going there and putting that into work. Considering everything we played really well, adapted to the conditions. Overall we were good with bat and ball. All eight batters need to play their role, whatever it is.”
“We saw one guy [Hardik Pandya] get 50 and we got 197, in T20 I don’t believe we need to get fifties and hundreds, what matters is the pressure you put on the bowlers. All the batters from the word go played like that and that’s how we want to play as well. There is a lot of experience in the squad and we back them.”
Rohit Sharma
India will meet Australia in their final 2024 T20 World Cup Super-8 match on Monday, June 24, in Gros Islet, St. Lucia.