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Chennai to meet Awadhe in PBL opener
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The third edition of the Vodafone Premier Badminton League (PBL) opens with a grudge match, with P.V. Sindhus Chennai Smashers taking on Saina Nehwals Awadhe Warriors on December 23.
The first leg will take place in new entrants North Eastern Warriors’ hometown, Guwahati, who enter the arena on the very second day to face the might of Carolina Marin’s Hyderabad Hunters, according to a release.
The 23-day league has been carefully laid out, with only a tie lined up each day at prime time to give the players and teams enough time to recover for their next encounter.
“This is going to be an exciting edition of the PBL, the world’s biggest badminton league,” Atul Pandey, Managing Director, Sportzlive, said.
A bevy of top players, including men’s No.1 Victor Axelson (Bengaluru Blasters) and women’s No.1 Tai Tzu-Ying (Ahmedabad Smash Masters), will be seen in action during the badminton extravaganza.
After four days of intense battles in Guwahati the bandwagon shifts to Delhi.
Delhi will see five ties, with the Delhi Dashers enjoying the benefit of playing two matches at home. They will hope to pick up maximum points against Bengaluru Blasters and Hyderabad Hunters to make it at least to the semi-finals this year.
The next stop will be the ‘City of Nawabs’, Lucknow. Victor Axelson’s Bengaluru Blasters will clash with San Wan-Ho’s Mumbai Rockets to ring in the New Year. Four ties have been slotted here, giving North Eastern Warriors and Hyderabad Hunters a solid four-day break.
The PBL will move to the warmer climes of Chennai on January 5 for the penultimate leg. The battles are expected to reach fever pitch by then, with every team scrambling for points and a place in the knockout stage.
After an intense five-day stint, the league will shift to Hyderabad on January 10. Only two ties have been lined up here, with the Dashers meeting the Warriors and the Hunters the Blasters.
The semi-finals will take place on January 12 and 13 followed by the final, which will be held the very next day, on January 14.
–IANS
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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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