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Satwik-Chirag jump to 20th spot in badminton rankings
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India’s young men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty jumped one place to be 20th in the rankings released on Thursday while singles shuttler H.S. Prannoy rose four places to be 12th.
Satwik and Chirag achieved their highest rank as Malaysians Hendra Setiawan and Boon Heong Tan dropped a place.
In the men’s singles rankings, Prannoy, who reached quarter-finals of the All England Championships in his comeback tournament after an injury-induced layoff, jumped to the 12th spot.
His compatriot B. Sai Praneeth moved down three places to be in the 15th place. Praneeth is third highest-ranked Indian men’s singles player after Kidambi Srikanth (second) and Prannoy.
In the women’s singles, Olympic medallists P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were static at third and 12th positions respectively.
In the mixed singles, Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy have jumped a place to be 24th.
India’s top-ranked pair in the women’s doubles is Sikki and Ashwini Ponnappa. They are in the 26th spot.
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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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