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Lyon go top with home win in Ligue 1
Paris: French football club Lyon took over the top spot of Ligue 1 from first-half front-runners Marseille with a 3-0 home win over Toulouse FC.
Alexandre Lacazette added another double to his total of 19 goals to lead the league’s scoring charts, before Nabil Fekir sealed the victory at three marks at the start of the second half, as per reports.
Hubert Fournier’s side needed just 13 minutes to stamp the authority at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, as Lacazette received a perfect cross from Fekir and despatched a low volley past Ali Ahamada.
It was just before the half-hour mark when Lacazette fired a Corentin Tolisso cross powerfully beyond Ahamada.
Two minutes after break, Fekir sent a right-footed shot into Toulouse’s net after being freed by the visitors’ Rachid Ghezzal.
With the victory, the seven-time champions were lifted a point ahead of Marseille, who went down 1-2 at Montpellier Friday, while Toulouse were leaving just one point above the relegation zone.
Elsewhere Sunday, lowly Metz stopped Nantes’ two-match winning run as they recorded a goalless draw at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
The away tie also prevented Metz from committing their seventh Ligue 1 game defeat in straight and moved them out of the drop zone at Evian’s expense.
In the last 20th round match-up late Sunday night, last season’s runners-up Monaco were held 0-0 by visiting Bordeaux, who continue to trail the fifth-placed club by one point.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.