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India beat Hong Kong at Asia Team Badminton
Alor Setar (Malaysia), Feb 6 (IANS) India rode on a strong performance by P.V. Sindhu to defeat Hong Kong 3-2 in their opening match of the Asia Team Badminton Championship on Tuesday.
The 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist got India off to a positive start with a straight-games win over Yip Pui Yin in the first singles.
The 2018 India Open finalist beat off a strong fight back by Yin in the second game to carve out a comfortable 21-12, 21-18 result.
Sindhu then teamed up with N. Sikki Reddy to win the second doubles contest. Sindhu and Reddy overcame a mid-match slump to beat Ng Tsz Yau and Yuen Sin Ying 21-15, 15-21, 21-14.
Earlier, Hong Kong won two consecutive matches to take a 2-1 lead in the tie.
After Sindhu won the opening game, Ng Wing Yung and Yeung Nga Ting defeated Ashwini Ponnappa and Prajakta Sawant in a tough 52-minute battle in the first doubles to help Hong Kong draw level.
The Hong Kong pair quelled a fierce challenge from Ponappa and Sawant to win 20-22, 22-20, 21-10.
Cheung Ying Mei then defeated Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli 21-19, 18-21, 22-20 to hand Hong Kong a 2-1 lead.
However, after Sindhu and Reddy levelled the five-match tie at 2-2, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde staged a strong comeback to beat Yeung Sum Yee in the third singles.
Gadde lost the first game before fighting back to win 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 to help India clinch the tie.
India will take on formidable Japan in their second match on Thursday.
–IANS
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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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