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Chennai beat Ahmedabad 2-1 in PBL
Chennai, Jan 6 (IANS) Chennai Smashers rode P.V. Sindhu’s brilliance to pip Ahmedabad Smash Masters 2-1 in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.
Ahmedabad took a 1-0 lead as the men’s doubles pair of Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Kidambi Nandagopal registered a 15-13,15-12 victory over Chris Adcock and Lee Yang.
Home team superstar and Olympic 2016 silver medallist Sindhu defeated world No.1 women’s singles player Tai Tzu Ying 15-11, 10-15, 15-12 to pull Chennai level 1-1.
“It was a great win and I feel I did extremely well to beat Tai Tzu. She played very well and I am really happy to have won the match. The crowd was extremely motivating and their support helped me a lot in getting this win,” Sindhu said after the match.
In the first men’s singles match, Sourabh Verma edged past Brice Leverdez 12-15, 15-14, 15-12 in Chennai’s “Trump Match’ to give Ahmedabad a 2-0 lead. Leverdez’s defeat meant Chennai lost a point.
In the second men’s singles match, home team’s Tanongsak Saemsomboonsuk defeated H.S Prannoy 15-10, 12-15, 15-14 in Ahmedabad’s ‘Trump Match’ to keep Chennai alive as they equalised 1-1.
In the deciding mixed doubles match, Sindhu and B.Sumeeth Reddy overcame Reginald and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 15-14, 15-13 to win the tie for Chennai.
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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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