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Crystal Palace sack manager Neil Warnock
London: Neil Warnock has been sacked as manager of Crystal Palace after just four months in charge at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles dropped into the bottom three of the English Premier League on Boxing Day after a 1-3 loss to Southampton, with pressure mounting on Warnock and fans calling for his head, reports dailymailco.uk.
Keith Millen will once again take temporary charge, with Palace travelling to Queens Park Rangers Sunday.
Warnock has therefore become the first managerial casualty of the Premier League season, taking charge of just 18 league games in his second stint at Selhurst Park.
The substitution of winger Yannick Bolasie for full-back Martin Kelly, when Palace were 0-3 down to Southampton, saw fans call for Warnock’s head on Friday.
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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.