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Fifth ODI: India restrict Sri Lanka to low total

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Colombo, Sep 3 (IANS) Right-arm medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar clinched a five-wicket haul as India restricted Sri Lanka to 238 runs in their fifth and final One-Day International at the R. Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar returned figures of 5/42 while fellow medium-pacer Jasprit Bumrah also performed well with figures of 2/45.

For Sri Lanka, middle-order batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne (67) and Angelo Mathews (55) played sensible knocks to put up a 122-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 238/10 in 49.4 overs (Thirimanne 67, Angelo Mathews 55; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/42) against India.

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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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