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Pato eyes Europe return
Rio de Janeiro: Sao Paulo striker Alexandre Pato has showed his willingness to return to Europe to re-ignite his stalled international career.
The 25-year-old was once considered among the game’s most promising attackers, scoring 51 goals from 117 matches for AC Milan from 2007 to 2015.
But his past five seasons have been blighted by injuries and he was overlooked for Brazil’s 2014 World Cup squad.
“What I did in Europe is not over,” Pato was quoted saying by Brazilian football news portal Sambafoot on Monday.
He is willing to go back and play in Europe, as per reported.
Pato has this year scored 17 goals and provided seven assists for Sao Paulo, where he is in the final year of a two-year loan from Corinthians.
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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.