Lauderhill (Florida), Rishabh Pant's courageous innings with the bat since his return has been a matter of joy for everyone, but what has surprised the Indian team's fielding coach T Dilip is his performance on the stump after major knee surgery. Behind this is his impeccable glovework and acrobatics. ,
Pant, who returned to competitive cricket in the last IPL after a long recovery from a horrific car accident in December, 2022, has been the team's most impressive player in this T20 World Cup with some crucial innings at No. 3. His glovework has also been excellent.
Dilip said before the team, "The best thing is that Rishabh has performed so well in his comeback. Especially his batting is considered very good. But one good thing about him is that he has returned as a wicketkeeper. ."Last group league game against Canada.
For a fielding coach, being able to walk sideways with ease after knee surgery is a big deal.
“Especially after the injury, to be able to come back as a keeper and have that lateral movement, it's great to see.”
Talking about his batting strategy, the coach said that the Roorkee player always does simulation in the nets and this helps him in the matches.
"Coming to your question about batting differently, making different plans in the match, it is a strategy, it is something that Rishabh always does, he takes whatever comes into the match. He tries to do everything in practice so that he is well prepared with his options, no matter what he wants to try in a match.,
Dilip has been with the team for more than two years and the best thing about the team is that the fast bowlers have shown improvement in terms of fielding in important places. An example of this would be Mohammed Siraj taking the catch of USA's Nitish Kumar at deep midwicket.
"If I really want to go into specifics, it's heartening to see that the bowlers are performing really well. Yes, Jadeja is very good, Virat Kohli is good, Rohit Sharma is good. They have been very good before as well. Was doing.,
"But then what is happening is that the bowlers are performing really well, which is increasing because you can see now the bowlers are standing in the hot spots. So, it is a good sign for a team.
"So what that will do is, Rohit Sharma will get the versatility (option) that he won't have to look for a spot. That versatility is allowing him to have good fielders all the time."
When asked in detail, Dilip explained how the bowlers come back for the optional session the next day despite long spells in the match.“After long bowling spells and comebacks and especially after most of the alternate sessions, they are taking the initiative to come for practice. That's the first thing.
“And in that process, the two important things that we did in this, that we try to do in this tournament, is attitude and attention to detail.
“That attention to detail means when the ball is going down the line… the slow outfield, you all were never giving up until the last moment, backing off when someone is making a throw.”
Dileep, who has worked with renowned baseball coach Mike King, said he is using some of the throwing techniques from baseball in cricket.“I like it because there are some things I've been using for a long time, because there I had the opportunity to work with Mike King with an Australian team. He was a baseball player, so got quite a few inputs That game has really helped me in cricket,” said Dilip, who along with some players and support staff went to watch the Yankees game during his stay in New York.
“The other day, we went to Yankees Stadium, so we saw some baseball stuff there and we met an NFL player, so it's diverse sports, so we try to get what we can learn from other sports, so it's a Gives opportunity to look at other sports."
Pant, who returned to competitive cricket in the last IPL after a long recovery from a horrific car accident in December, 2022, has been the team's most impressive player in this T20 World Cup with some crucial innings at No. 3. His glovework has also been excellent.
Dilip said before the team, "The best thing is that Rishabh has performed so well in his comeback. Especially his batting is considered very good. But one good thing about him is that he has returned as a wicketkeeper. ."Last group league game against Canada.
For a fielding coach, being able to walk sideways with ease after knee surgery is a big deal.
“Especially after the injury, to be able to come back as a keeper and have that lateral movement, it's great to see.”
Talking about his batting strategy, the coach said that the Roorkee player always does simulation in the nets and this helps him in the matches.
"Coming to your question about batting differently, making different plans in the match, it is a strategy, it is something that Rishabh always does, he takes whatever comes into the match. He tries to do everything in practice so that he is well prepared with his options, no matter what he wants to try in a match.,
Dilip has been with the team for more than two years and the best thing about the team is that the fast bowlers have shown improvement in terms of fielding in important places. An example of this would be Mohammed Siraj taking the catch of USA's Nitish Kumar at deep midwicket.
"If I really want to go into specifics, it's heartening to see that the bowlers are performing really well. Yes, Jadeja is very good, Virat Kohli is good, Rohit Sharma is good. They have been very good before as well. Was doing.,
"But then what is happening is that the bowlers are performing really well, which is increasing because you can see now the bowlers are standing in the hot spots. So, it is a good sign for a team.
"So what that will do is, Rohit Sharma will get the versatility (option) that he won't have to look for a spot. That versatility is allowing him to have good fielders all the time."
When asked in detail, Dilip explained how the bowlers come back for the optional session the next day despite long spells in the match.“After long bowling spells and comebacks and especially after most of the alternate sessions, they are taking the initiative to come for practice. That's the first thing.
“And in that process, the two important things that we did in this, that we try to do in this tournament, is attitude and attention to detail.
“That attention to detail means when the ball is going down the line… the slow outfield, you all were never giving up until the last moment, backing off when someone is making a throw.”
Dileep, who has worked with renowned baseball coach Mike King, said he is using some of the throwing techniques from baseball in cricket.“I like it because there are some things I've been using for a long time, because there I had the opportunity to work with Mike King with an Australian team. He was a baseball player, so got quite a few inputs That game has really helped me in cricket,” said Dilip, who along with some players and support staff went to watch the Yankees game during his stay in New York.
“The other day, we went to Yankees Stadium, so we saw some baseball stuff there and we met an NFL player, so it's diverse sports, so we try to get what we can learn from other sports, so it's a Gives opportunity to look at other sports."
