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Ronaldo can overtake Messi to win more Ballon d’Or: Zidane

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Paris: Zinedine Zidane insists that Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has more to give in the future and will end up winning more Ballon d’Or titles than rival Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

“Ronaldo will win more Ballons d’Or,” he told Goal.com Monday.

A week ago in Zurich, the 29-year-old Portuguese striker was crowned the world’s best player of 2014 for the third time overall, leaving him just one behind his Argentine counterpart.

“What he’s doing is from another planet. If this continues, he will improve even further and may end up winning more than Messi,” said the iconic Zidane, 42, who’s coaching Real reserves Castilla after retiring from soccer with Real, Xinhua reported.

The former France international had a lot to say about compatriot Karim Benzema, saying he’s exceptional for Los Blancos.

“He is another very important player. Sometimes it is discussed whether to change to him to a No.9 for Madrid and it’s wrong. All wrong,” said Zidane.

“He is not a player who will score 60 goals a year like Cristiano, but thanks to his quality, he links up with everyone and always makes the moves that the team needs,” he added. “Very few in the world can do that.”

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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