T Dilip

Some Lesser Known Facts About T Dilip

• T Dilip is an Indian fielding coach who has served as the fielding coach of many domestic teams and the national cricket team of India despite never representing India in the international circuit.

• He was interested in playing cricket since his childhood and played for his school, college, and club teams. He played for Cheerful and New Blues teams in A-Division local leagues. His father did not want him to pursue a career in sports as they did not belong to an affluent or rich family; however, Dilip kept on playing cricket and later became a player cum coach for some local teams.

• During his initial coaching days, he used to give maths tuition to children to make ends meet as he did not earn much from his coaching stints at local clubs.

• While talking with Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin about his early journey, T Dilip said that he used to give cricket coaching to some local boys and felt happy whenever those boys played well. Such instances made him realise that he should pursue a career in cricket coaching. He was in Top-3 during a Level-1 coaching session in 2004.

  

• Dilip served as the fielding coach of the Under-14, Under-16, Under-19, Under-20, and Under-25 teams of the Hyderabad Cricket Association Academy and many other women and junior teams of the Ranji Trophy since 2008. During his time as the fielding coach of junior teams, he was guided by the former Indian fielding coach Ramakrishnan Sridhar (popularly known as R Sridhar) who told him about the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and coaching sessions being given at NCA.

  

• When he was working with junior teams, he trained many youngsters including Axar Patel and Shubman Gill who went on to represent India in many international cricket. He was appointed as fielding coach of India A for the Bangladesh series in 2017. He did a Level-A Refresher course in Hyderabad, and a Level-B and a Level-C Refresher course at NCA in Bengaluru between 2007 and 2019.

  

• Dilip has gained experience with many renowned fielding coaches such as Trevor Penney and Jonty Rhodes. He was appointed as the coach of the Indian national team in November 2021 and worked alongside Rahul Dravid, Paras Mhambrey, and Vikram Rathour. ^[7]Telangana Today
  

  

  

• He made headlines during the 2023 ODI World Cup as his videos went viral in which he was seen giving medals to India after each match based on their fielding performance during the match.
  

  

  

• In an interview with Ravichandran Ashwin, T Dilip talked about having difficulties while communicating with Indian players such as  Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli as he used to get tense while speaking in the Indian dressing room. He said that he improved his skills with the help of Vijay Mohanraj of Hyderabad Cricket Academy and also took a communication skills course from a UK-based tutor during the initial COVID-19 lockdown.
  

  

  

• In October 2020, he started working as a freelance NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner. With this technique, the brain is changed to achieve suitable outcomes. ^[8]LinkedIn – Dilip T

  

• He uses various types of sports equipment such as RoboArm during his training sessions to increase efficiency.

  

• He likes watching football during his free time and has been a follower of Manchester United since his growing years.

  

• He likes dogs and owns a pet dog.

  

• T Dilip once said that since he was unmarried, he was free to pursue his coaching goals as he did not have those responsibilities that come with being married, hence his decision to not marry helped him. ^[9]YouTube – Ashwin