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Cricket: India forced to call off practice due to rain
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) Incessant rain forced India to call off practice two days ahead of the second One-Day International (ODI) cricket match against Australia at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday.
The Eden ground was covered from morning with the tourists rehearsing at the indoor facilities here.
The focus during the practice session was on playing spin as chinaman Kuldeep Yadav and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal accounted for five wickets together in the first rubber as the Aussies lost by 26 runs via Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method.
There are high chances of rain and thundershower in the next two days increasing the probability of another truncated affair. Australia could play just 21 overs in the first ODI chasing a revised score of 164. India posted 281/7.
India were earlier scheduled to practice in the afternoon.
The 22-yard Eden strip is likely to be a slow turned, East Zone curator Ashish Bhowmick had said on Monday. “The ball will come to bat slowly if this weather persists,” he said.
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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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