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DSport to air Augusta Masters featuring Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Golf enthusiasts can watch on DSport the prestigious April 6-9 Augusta Masters 2018 championship featuring young Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma.
The sports TV channel by Discovery in a statement said the championship will be aired starting 12.30 a.m. for the Indian audience April 6 onwards.
This year’s Master’s is special one for Indian viewers as Sharma received a special invitation to compete in the championship.
The 21-year-old has been invited during a breakthrough season, which includes two wins over four months and a top-10 finish in his first PGA Tour event.
He became the youngest player from India to win on the European Tour at the Joburg Open in December and earned his second win at the Maybank Championship in February and then made his PGA Tour debut at the WGC-Mexico Championship and finished T-9 after holding the lead after 36 and 54 holes. This will be his first Masters appearance.
Won in the past by the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Vijay Singh, the Masters is the biggest and the most prestigious golf tournament.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.