Video: T Dilip Invites Indian Legend To Give Best Fielder Medal To Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer was the latest recipient of the Best Fielder Medal in the Indian dressing room for the India vs Sri Lanka match at the Wankhede stadium.

After scoring 82 runs in 56 balls, Shreyas Iyer snapped two catches and was a live wire in the field as well, stopping some runs.

The India fielding T Dilip roped in Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar to do the honors of announcing the Best Fielder among Indians for the Sri Lanka game in Mumbai. Sachin was present at the Wankhede stadium for this encounter.

T Dilip praised KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja for their excellent catches and also Shreyas Iyer for his sharp work in the field as India bundled Sri Lanka out for only 55 runs, completing a record 302-run victory.

T Dilip got Sachin Tendulkar to make a short video in which the batting great talked about his experience in the 2003 World Cup when the then team management had players sign a board of โ€œI can, we canโ€ to have them commit to giving their best on the field for their team.

Video: T Dilip Invites Indian Legend To Give Best Fielder Medal To Shreyas Iyer
Video: T Dilip Invites Indian Legend To Give Best Fielder Medal To Shreyas Iyer

Tendulkar signed off by announcing Shreyas Iyer as the winner of the best fielder medal which led to a huge cheer among the Indian players. Then KL Rahul, who was the medal holder from the last match, presented Shreyas with the medal

The BCCI uploaded this video with the caption: โ€œThe Medal Ceremony ๐Ÿ… in the dressing room just attained โ€œLEGENDARYโ€ status ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

#TeamIndia was in for a surprise when someone ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ announced the best fielder awardโ€

Watch: Sachin Tendulkar announced Shreyas Iyer as Best Fielder for IND vs SL

Video: T Dilip Invites Indian Legend To Give Best Fielder Medal To Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer says short ball is โ€œno problemโ€ for him

Iyer was pretty serious in the press conference in Mumbai after Indiaโ€™s win when asked about his short-ball โ€œproblemโ€. It is believed among fans, media, and the opponent teams that Iyer struggles against short ball, but the batter didnโ€™t concede any such weakness.

โ€œWhen you say itโ€™s a problem for me, what do you mean?โ€ he said in an assertive tone. โ€œHave you seen how many pull shots Iโ€™ve scored, specially which has gone for four?โ€

โ€œYou know if you try to hit a ball, youโ€™re bound to get out anyway whether itโ€™s a short ball or overpitched. If I get bowled two or three times, you all would say he canโ€™t play an inswinging ball, he canโ€™t play if the ball is seaming. You guys have created that mahol [feeling] outside that he canโ€™t play a short ball, and I feel that people are picking that up every now and then and it plays on your mind regularly and you keep working on that.โ€