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Indian women shine in Tokyo Olympics, Mary Kom-Sindhu-Batra reached the next round

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India’s star woman boxer Mary Kom came out with a scintillating sporting performance to beat her opponent Hernandez Garcia 4-1. At the same time, Manika Batra won the best in the women’s singles of table tennis. During this, she defeated Margarita Pesotska of Ukraine in a tough contest. Although once she looked weak against her opponent but later came back strongly to register a resounding victory. At the same time, the Indian men’s hockey team had to face a crushing defeat against Australia. Australia defeated India 7-1 in the match of Pull A.

Earlier, the poor performance of Indian shooters continued in the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian players disappointed on the third day as well. In the men’s 10m air rifle event, India’s shooters Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh could not qualify for the final. Apart from this, the third day is very special for India today. Six-time world champion Mary Kom and Sajan Prakash will present India’s challenge in swimming. On the second day of Tokyo Olympics, Mirabai Chanu made a brilliant start in weightlifting to win the silver medal.

Indian boxer Manish Kaushik (63kg) had to face defeat in the round of 32 match. He was defeated 4-1 by British boxer Luke McCormack.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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