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Sandhu enters semis in Christchurch squash meet
Christchurch: India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu survived a tough fight to beat Chinese Taipei’s James Huang 14-12, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 to earn a semi-final berth in the $10,000 Christchurch International squash tournament, a PSA World tour event, here on Friday.
The third seeded Sandhu, the current Indian national champion, was tested to the hilt by the sixth seed Huang and the 73-minute tussle proved a non-stop action till the final moments.
Sandhu qualified for a face-off with the top seed Raphael Kandra of Germany in the last four.
Earlier, Sandhu had beaten qualifier Evan Williams of New Zealand 11-9, 12-10, 11-8.
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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.