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Shami cleans up tailenders as England post 283 (Innings Report)
Mohali: India dismissed England for 283 runs in their first innings on the second day of the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association I. S. Bindra Stadium here on Sunday. With England starting at the overnight score of 268/8, fast bowler Mohammed Shami cleaned up the remaining two wickets for figures of 3/63.
Shami dismissed overnight batsman Adil Rashid with his very first ball, a superb delivery that on off and middle and seamed away slightly, taking the outer edge of the bat on its way to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.
Jimmy Anderson, the next batsman in, started off with an edge through the third man area for a boundary. But he did not survive long before Shami bagged his second wicket of the morning to put an end to the visitors’ first innings.
Brief scores: England (First Innings): 283 (Jonny Bairstow 89; Mohammed Shami 3/63) vs India.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.