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3rd GAIL India Speedstar to culminate on Thursday
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The third season of GAIL India Speedstar, a nationwide grassroots athletics programme, is set to culminate on Thursday at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here.
The mega event, an initiative of GAIL (India) Ltd. and the National Yuva Cooperative Society (NYCS), which started on October, 2017, will be witnessed by Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore as the chief guest at the function.
After two seasons, 14 athletes have been selected and are being nurtured for the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. They were sent for a camp in Racers Track Club at Kingston, Jamaica to train under Usain Bolt’s legendary coach Glen Mills.
The objective of the event is to spot, screen, select and nurture young athletes in the age group of 11-17 years in track events of 100 metre, 200 metre, 400 metre and 800 metre so they can excel at the Olympics.
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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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