BCCI Makes U-Turn, Reinstates T Dilip As India Fielding Coach: Report

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 22:48 IST

The BCCI has reappointed fielding manager T Dilip to the men's planetary squad aft initially not renewing his contract.

India fielding manager T Dilip. (BCCI Photo)

The Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) has called backmost fielding manager T Dilip to the men’s planetary set-up, lone weeks aft they decided not to renew his declaration successful April. According to The Indian Express, the committee couldn’t find a replacement for the fashionable manager and decided to springiness him a one-year contract.

Dilip, who roseate up done the ranks of the National Cricket Academy (NCA, present called the Centre of Excellence) without immoderate first-class experience, joined the Indian squad successful 2021 during the T20 World Cup arsenic portion of Rahul Dravid’s enactment staff. He’s among the astir vocal members of the backroom staff, known for his engaging activity-like fittingness regimes and the celebrated ‘fielding medal’ ceremonies during the 2023 World Cup.

“We person decided to reappoint Dilip for a twelvemonth and helium volition beryllium travelling with the Indian squad for England. His declaration truthful acold is for 1 year," the paper cited a BCCI root arsenic saying.

Previously, now-retired India Test fable Ravichandran Ashwin has besides spoken highly astir Dilip.

“If you privation to speech astir fielding, wherever should we start? Let’s speech astir Dilip sir first. Actually, we’d searched for our fielding manager connected Google and helium turned retired to beryllium an net personality. So unfair," Ashwin said successful a video successful his YouTube channel. “He is not an net personality. He is our personage fielding coach, a superstar… Close-in catching, successful places similar short-leg, is simply a precise hard thing. You don’t get bully fielders similar this… So, each successful all, we didn’t get to spot Dilip Sir’s sanction not getting mentioned much prominently," helium added.

He’ll alert to England with caput manager Gautam Gambhir, batting manager Sitanshu Kotak, bowling manager Morne Morkel and adjunct manager Ryan Ten Doeschate.

Meanwhile, the study besides mentioned that the squad absorption has asked Ten Doeschate to alert to England and assistance the India ‘A’ broadside that’ll play against the England Lions successful the lead-up to the five-Test series. The bid volition people the commencement of the caller World Test Championship cycle.

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