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IOA hopeful jumpers’ inclusion in CWG squad
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association is hopeful that long jumper S. Sreeshankar and high jumper Siddharth Yadav will make it to the squad for the Commonwealth Games after they were not in the original list sent to the Gold Coast organisers.
The jumpers earned their CWG qualification on March 8 — one day after the final list of athletics participants was sent to the Gold Coast CWG Organising Committee, according to IOA secretary Rajeev Mehta.
The Federation Cup of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) ran from March 5 to 8 in Patiala, Punjab, while the provisional list was sent in December 2017.
“We are deliberating with the Gold Coast organising committee regarding this issue. We are trying our best and we are hopeful that they (jumpers) will be allowed,” Mehta said.
Mehta added that trials in other countries took place in as early as February to avoid the paperwork delay.
Sreeshankar jumped 7.99m was a centimetre short of the norm set by the AFI, but was included in the CWG team. Siddharth had a 2.25m climb.
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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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