India’s Best Fielder in Champions Trophy 2025: Who Won The Special Medal in IND vs BAN Match?

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Team India continued with the tradition of rewarding the best fielder with a special medal in the Champions Trophy 2025 following the 6-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the tournament opener in Dubai on Thursday (February 20).

After Mohammed Shami's five-wicket haul floored Bangladesh to 228 all out in the Group A match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Shubman Gill smashed an unbeaten century to take India across the line with 21 balls to spare.

Post the match, a tradition coined by the fielding coach T Dilip at the 2023 ODI World Cup made it's return as one of the Indian players recieved the best fielder medal for their performance on the field.

The tradition carried through to the other matches after the World Cup, but was only awarded for the entire series during the bilateral series. Now, in the Champions Trophy, every match will have a winner. Here is a look at who won the award in India vs Bangladesh match:

Who won the best fielder medal in IND vs BAN Champions Trophy match?

In a video posted by BCCI, fielding coach T Dilip started off by commending the effort in the win and highlighted the challenges of catching at the Dubai venue before picking his three standout performers - Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill, and inviting Ravindra Jadeja to do the honours.

"I think fielding in Dubai isn't straightforward. I think if you look at the dome lights out there, catching becomes a little tricky. He takes every game as an opportunity to learn and respond. All I would see is next game we come back more stronger, what we learn out of the field on this tour," said fielding coach Dilip.

"Coming to the contenders, I think someone who's been really shown that he does what he does all the time. Going into his positions, grabbing every opportunity when it comes his way, none other than Virat Kohli.

"I think he's been very consistent behind the stumps. It's never easy because with the new ball diving on the leg side, not only this game, he's been really doing well, taking those catches at important things at a point.

"KL Rahul. Our Contender number two. We always talk about catches and with Swami bowling at a brilliant spell, taking that one going away and taking it towards his right side, Shubham Gill, fantastic on that.

"And today's winner would be, I request our live wire in the team Mr. Jadeja to present a medal. And the winner would be everyone has to come here and see this. And the winner is... Cheers guys, thank you."

Rahul claimed three catches - two off Axar Patel and one off Shami's bowling, while Kohli took two catches and went level with Mohammad Azharuddin for most catches by Indian fielder in ODI matches with 156 catches. Gill, meanwhile, claimed a good catch behind the stumps.

India best fielder in IND vs BAN match: The winner was then revealed as KL Rahul on the giant screen in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium with Jadeja doing the honours of putting the medal on the Indian wicketkeeper's neck. Watch the video here: