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Uganda improves in latest World Rugby rankings
Kampala: Uganda has moved up in the World Rugby rankings to the 48th position with 46.35 points after their impressive show last week which saw them win three matches and qualify for the Africa Rugby Tier 1A.
“We are happy that we have improved,” a quoted Ramzy Olinga, the chief executive officer of the Uganda Rugby Union, as saying.
According to the rankings by World Rugby, New Zealand are on the top with 93.70 points, while South Africa and Ireland are second and third respectively.
Uganda who have been rankled 50th and playing in the lower Tier 1B moved above Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire.
Kenya remained the best ranked nation in the East and Central African region at 30th, while Madagascar who finished second behind Uganda in the just ended Africa Rugby Tier B tournament improved to 41st place.
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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.