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Was blessed with talent, but I worked hard to make most of it: Ronaldo
Madrid, Jan 2 (IANS) Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo has looked back on a successful 2017 in an interview with Spanish sports paper, Diario AS.
Speaking after a year in which Madrid won a league and Champions League double and he was awarded his fifth Ballon d’Or, Ronaldo said 2017 had been “an incredible year on a lot of levels”, reports Xinhua news agency.
“It’s a tremendous feeling to look back and look at what I have achieved, having started off kicking a ball around the streets of Madeira.” he said.
The year 2017 ended with him scoring 57 goals in all competitions.
“I was blessed with talent and I have worked really hard to make the most of it,” said Cristiano, who nevertheless said that his success was down to the help of “a lot of people who have helped me professionally”.
The year 2017 also had its downsides for the player, who has so far only scored four goals in the 2017-18 La Liga campaign and has been linked to a move away from Madrid amid the controversy of the ongoing case against him for tax avoidance.
However, Ronaldo preferred not to discuss those issues, preferring to look back on the trophies he and his club have won.
“I want to dedicate this moment to my family, who are always there in the good moments and the bad, and to my friends, without forgetting those who believed in me when I was just a kid full of dreams,” he commented.
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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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