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River Plate win Recopa Sudamericana
Buenos Aires: Argentine football team River Plate defeated rivals San Lorenzo 1-0 at home to win the Recopa Sudamericana for their seventh international title.
Uruguay’s Carlos Sanchez scored the winner in the 67th minute Thursday, as per reports.
As many as 45,000 local fans at Buenos Aires’ Nuevo Gasometro Stadium watched as River won their seventh international trophy, adding to the 1986 Libertadores Cup and Intercontinental Cup wins, the 1987 Interamericana, the 1996 Libertadores, the 1997 Supercopa and the 2014 South American Cup.
The Recopa pits the winner of the Libertadores Cup (San Lorenzo) against the winner of the South American Cup (River).
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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.