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Warner given mini-break before New Zealand trip
Melbourne, Feb 12 (IANS) David Warner, Australia’s stand-in captain for the triangular Twenty20 International series, was on Monday given a mini-breather before the Kangaroos’ next encounter against New Zealand in Auckland on Friday.
The remainder of the T20I squad will head to New Zealand on Tuesday, but Warner, who was on Monday crowned as Australia’s ODI Player of the Year, is flying home to Sydney for a couple of days.
“We’re going to let him (Warner) go home after the Allan Border Medal ceremony for a couple of days and just arrive the day before the game,” Australia coach Darren Lehmann was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“Give him a couple days at home, really. It’s always a challenge when you’ve got the schedule as it is, but David’s really keen to play as captain, so we’ll give him a couple days off and get him to New Zealand just before the game and he can play,” he added.
Warner is deputising for skipper Steve Smith, who was rested after the One-day International series against England.
The southpaw is the only member of the victorious Ashes side to feature in all three formats of the game this Australian summer.
Australia won all three matches of the first leg of the Trans-Tasman tri-Series that they hosted while the second leg will be hosted by New Zealand, including the final on February 21.
England are the third side in the triangular series.
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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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