West Indies legend Vivian Richards honoured the number one ranked T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav with the 'Fielder of the Match' award following India's win over Bangladesh by 50 runs in their ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights clash on Saturday. India took one step ahead in their pursuit of semifinal qualification as they beat Bangladesh by 50 runs in their ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights clash at Antigua on Saturday, with Hardik Pandya's all-round show and a destructive spell by Kuldeep Yadav being the highlights.
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Giving the medal to Suryakumar, Viv expressed his happiness with Men in Blue's performance and made it clear that if his West Indies team is not able to get the title, he will be rooting for Men in Blue to end their 11-year-long ICC trophy drought.
Sir Viv Richards hugging Virat Kohli in Team India's dressing room© Instagram
He also expressed happiness with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant's performances as a batter and wicketkeeper, after the life-threatening car crash he faced in 2022-end.
After receiving the medal, Suryakumar said, "I feel really well. Good. I think Mohamed Siraj... He set the benchmark really high on the field from game one and I am really happy to be having this medal from the great legend, Sir Vivian Richards in Antigua. We have been working really hard with Dilip sir on fielding and it feels good. Hopefully, this journey with the medal continues and it gives me a lot of motivation and inspiration as well."
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