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2015 Worlds most followed in TT history
Beijing: According to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) official website, an estimated 450 million people across the world followed the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou, China, making it the most followed table tennis event in history.
In China, where the event was hosted, 252 million stayed tuned to the World Championships on TV during the 50 hours of live coverage on CCTV5 and 150 hours of coverage on other Chinese networks, as per reports.
Statistics from CSM Media research show that the men’s singles final, featuring top seed Ma Long and another Chinese player Fang Bo, averaged 16 million viewers per minute, and 40 million in total, becoming the fourth most watched sports event of the year in China.
In addition, the table tennis worlds also saw a surge on ITTF’s other platforms, including the official website, ITTF’s free online streaming platform ITTF.com/itTV, ITTF’s Facebook page, YouTube channel, Twitter and Instagram.
Over 1,000 accredited journalists came to Suzhou during the event. Their 11,000 articles reached hundreds of millions of people across the globe.
All these factors brought an unprecedented number of followers for the World Championships in Suzhou.
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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