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Indian Open snooker inaugurated
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao formally inaugurated the Indian Open World professional ranking snooker tournament here on Monday with 2013 runner-up Aditya Mehta and former World champion Ken Doherty playing an exhibition frame.
Speaking on the occasion Jason Ferguson, chairman, World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, complimented the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India for organising the tournament and also praised the venue which won unanimous approval of the players.
Present at the hour-long function were former world billiards champions Michael Ferreira and Geet Sethi while national champion Pankaj Advani spoke on behalf of the competing players.
“I am happy that the sport is looking up with an Asian tour and an Indian League on the cards. The fact that Capt P.V.K. Mohan is now also the president of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation has raised the profile of Indian cuesport,” said Advani.
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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