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England reaches 97-0 in second innings

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8 years ago

December 20, 2016

Alastair Cook

Chennai: England reached 97 for no loss in their second innings at lunch on the final day of the fifth and final cricket Test against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday.

Resuming the day at 12/0 and trailing by 270 runs as India had posted a huge first innings total of 759/7 declared, English opening batsmen Alastair Cook (47) and Keaton Jennings (46) were at the crease when the first session of the day came to a close.

Even though the runs came very slowly for the visiting openers, they displayed strong mentality to defend against the Indian bowlers, who conceded 85 runs in the session. England are now 185 runs behind India. Cook, who has faced 121 deliveries, scored four boundaries during his 47-run unbeaten knock and Jennings’ 46 runs came off 101 deliveries, with ix hits to the fence.

However, India had the opportunity to dismiss captain Cook early in the eighth over when the left-hander edged a delivery from off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin but wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel failed to pouch it.

Once they passed the difficult moments, they found it comparatively easy to score in the later overs. Brief scores: England 477 all out and 97/0 (Alastair Cook 47 batting, Keaton Jennings 46 batting) vs India (First Innings) 759/7 declared.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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2 years ago

May 5, 2022

Aaj Ki Khabar Desk Team

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.