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La Liga teams welcome back internationals as league action resumes
Madrid, March 30 (IANS) Spain’s top flight sides were on Friday preparing for the first round of La Liga matches since last week’s international break.
One of the weekend’s highlights should come at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, as Sevilla welcome runaway league leaders Barcelona on Saturday, reports Efe.
The Catalans, who had 16 members of their first team squad away on international duty, will be hoping to further cement their position at the head of the table, where they find themselves 11 points clear of Atletico Madrid. The Blaugrana have yet to be beaten this season in the league.
Their nearest challengers, Atletico, welcomed back 11 internationals for their home match on Sunday night against lowly Deportivo La Coruna at the Wanda Metropolitano, where the Madrid team remains unbeaten.
Depor, coached by former Real Madrid and AC Milan star Clarence Seedorf, are in desperate need of points as they languish in the relegation zone.
Third placed Real Madrid had the most players (20) away with their countries last week, handing coach Zinedine Zidane a selection headache ahead of their trip to 18th placed Las Palmas.
Zidane will have an eye on the crucial Champions League quarter-final first leg against Italian champions Juventus on Tuesday, so could choose to rest several players for their trip to the Canary Islands.
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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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