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T20 cricket tastes sweet: Gideon Haigh
Kolkata: Twenty20 cricket tastes sweet but is “like empty calories”, says Gideon Haigh, one of the foremost cricket writers in the world.
“T20 cricket is like empty calories. It leaves a sweet taste in my mouth but does not harm me,” said the Australian author of “On Warne” and “Silent Revolutions”.
Haigh said he can remember quality test cricket for a period of time but forgets T20s in a day.
Test cricket is mainly alive because players value it and Test centuries are still considered as a benchmark for cricketing excellence, he said.
According to Haigh, Test cricket is still followed by cricket enthusiasts across the world.
“In Australia, the Ashes are in constant demand, and the Border-Gavaskar trophy (between India and Australia) is popular too.”
Haigh said Test cricket matches need to produce results, as the fans nowadays have become more result oriented and impatient.
Gideon is on a pan-India tour, with his last stop being Kolkata, where he visited the historic Victoria Memorial celebrating World Heritage Week.
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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