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Ex-Brazil midfielder Melo set for Cruzeiro move
Rio de Janeiro: Former Brazil international midfielder Felipe Melo is close to joining former club Cruzeiro, his agent said on Tuesday.
The defending Brazilian Serie A champions have agreed in principal to sign the 32-year-old from Galatasaray, Xinhua quoted the Uol news portal as saying.
“I hope that everything will be finalized in the coming days. I believe that it will happen by Tuesday,” Melo’s agent Jose Rodrigues was quoted as saying by Uol.
It is understood Cruzeiro face competition from Inter Milan, whose manager Roberto Mancini coached Melo at Galatasaray during the 2013-14 season.
Melo, who joined the Turkish club from Juventus in 2011, has been capped 22 times for Brazil.
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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.