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Smith enter record books with four hundreds in series

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Sydney: Australia captain Steven Smith entered the record books smashing four hundreds in a single Test series. He has big names like Donald Bradman and South African stalwart Jacques Kallis long with him who have scored this feat previously.

Smith smashed 117 runs to help Australia post 572 for seven declared in their first innings. India were 71 for one at stumps on day two.

The 25-year-old, the stand-in captain for the home team after regular skipper Michael Clarke’s unavailability due to a hamstring injury, has been in prime form in the four-match series against India.

He began the series in exemplary fashion, scoring unbeaten knocks of 162 and 52 in the first Test at Adelaide, followed it up with a superb 133 and 28 in Brisbane.

In the third Test at Melbourne, he hit 192 in the first innings to record his highest Test score.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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