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Pique extends contract with Barcelona until 2022
Barcelona, Jan 18 (IANS) Spanish defender Gerard Pique reached an agreement to extend his contract with Barcelona until June 2022, the Catalan football club announced on Thursday.
The contract increased the buyout clause to 500 million euros ($612 million), reports Efe.
“FC Barcelona and player Gerard Pique have reached an agreement to renew the player’s contract through to 30 June 2022,” Barça said in a statement.
“In the coming days the club will announce the date of the official signing of the new contract,” which will keep the player, who rose from Barça’s youth ranks, for the rest of the current season and the next four years.
Pique first joined Barcelona aged 10, spending most of his career there, except for the brief stint playing for Manchester United and Zaragoza, before he returned to the Catalan cub, with which, to date, he has played 422 games.
The 30-year-old returned in 2008 to Barcelona and has become one of the team’s mainstays, first with Pep Guardiola, and later with the coaches who have always relied on him.
The defender has won all possible trophies with the Blaugrana: three Champions Leagues, six La Liga titles, five Copa del Rey, five Spanish Super Cups, three European Super Cups and three Club World Cups.
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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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