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Kidambi Srikanth wins Australian Open Super Series

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Sydney: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth stayed committed in his dominating run to clinch the Australian Open Super Series men’s singles final here on Sunday.

 

 

Kidambi Srikanth came out with a stupendous performance to defeat reigning Olympic champion Chen Long of China in straight games to clinch the Australian Open Superseries.

India’s Kidambi Srikanth claimed his first victory over Olympic and two-time world champion Chen Long to win the Australian Open Superseries final in Sydney on Sunday.

 

 

The 11th-ranked Srikanth outgunned the sixth-ranked Chinese star 22-20, 21-16 in 46 minutes for his second successive Superseries title.

It was Srikanth’s first win in six encounters with the Rio Olympic champion – with Chen defeating the Indian at the Sudirman Cup on Australia’s Gold Coast last month.

 

 

Indians have now won four of the six Superseries this year.

Srikanth is in career-best form after returning from injury in April.

 

 

He performed extremely well to defeat the unseeded Kazumasa Sakai of Japan in straight games to win Indonesia Open Superseries earlier this month.

 

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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.

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