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India vs Australia ODI World Cup: Virat Kohli wins gold medal, do you know why?

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By ETV Bharat English Team

Published : Oct 9, 2023, 8:54 PM IST

Updated : Oct 10, 2023, 3:26 PM IST

Indian fielding coach Dilip presented a gold medal to Virat Kohli, who took a wonderful diving catch of Mitchell Marsh off the bowling of Bumrah in the match against Australia.

Team India has made a good start in the ODI World Cup. India won the match against Australia by six wickets. Although Rohit (0), Ishan Kishan (0), Shreyas Iyer (0) failed to break the target of 200 runs set by the Aussies, Kohli (85) and KL Rahul (97) stood at the crease and gave India a wonderful victory.
India vs Australia ODI World Cup: Virat Kohli wins gold medal, do you know why?

Hyderabad: Team India has made a good start in the ODI World Cup. India won the match against Australia by six wickets. Although Rohit (0), Ishan Kishan (0), Shreyas Iyer (0) failed to break the target of 200 runs set by the Aussies, Kohli (85) and KL Rahul (97) stood at the crease and gave India a wonderful victory.

In this match, Virat Kohli did an excellent job not only in batting, but also in fielding. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer also made good dives. In this backdrop, the Indian fielding coach Dileep decided to give the 'Best Fielder of the Match' award and a gold medal to the player, who fielded the best in the match. While Kohli, Shreyas, Ishaan competed for this award, finally Virat got this award.

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Kohli, who was in the slips, dived with lightning speed to receive the catch given by Aussie opener Mitchell Marsh (0) off the bowling of Bumrah. With this, he was selected as the best fielder. Dileep praised that Ishaan and Shreyas Iyer also fielded well. When Kohli's name was announced as the winner of the gold medal, all the Indian players cheered him up.

Later, when coach Dileep was presenting the gold medal, he asked Kohli to put it around his neck. With this, Kohli put the gold medal around his neck. After that, they posed for photos. The BCCI has posted a video related to this on its Instagram account. And, Team India, which is on cloud nine after winning against Aussies, will face Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Last Updated : Oct 10, 2023, 3:26 PM IST
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