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Virat Kohli sitting in India’s dressing room throughout ‘finest fielder’ ceremony© Instagram
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 in opposition to New Zealand on Sunday. Varun Chakaravarthy’s five-wicket haul led India to a 44-run win over New Zealand, ending on the prime 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.
“We always speak about being gun fielding unit, for me the most important thing is how you are being proactive. I thought different faces of the game; the way we squeezed in when Mitchell came in and he couldn’t get to rotate the strike. The way bullet throws came from outfield…” Dilip stated in a video posted by BCCI on its web site.
“Coming to the contenders, the one looking like a superman and took that catch… Axar Patel. Game after game, he showed it again and the way he stamped his authority on the field, the way he mostly to the prime position and taking those catches, Virat Kohli. The way he squeezed in, putting those dives… Shreyas Iyer,” he added.
Kohli turned the seventh participant from India to attain 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 influence in his milestone match as he was dismissed by Matt Henry for 11. Kohli nailed a full-blooded lower however Glenn Phillips flew to his proper at backward level to pouch a one-handed stunner, leaving Kohli and followers shocked.
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 aspect to 249/9 in 50 overs.
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