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Crystal Palace coach Pardew desires England job
London: English football club Crystal Palace head coach Alan Pardew has expressed his desire to manage some of the bigger clubs and even the national team.
Pardew led Palace to a top-half finish last season, and boasts a remarkable win ratio since taking over the reins in January. But despite his side sitting incredibly seventh in the English Premier League (EPL), above the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea, the 54-year-old says he wants bigger jobs in football.
“It is an ambition of mine. I won’t ever let it rest until I’m done, to get to one of the big clubs, because I want a bigger percentage chance of winning,” Pardew was quoted as saying by dailymail.co.uk on Saturday.
“Why wouldn’t I? I envy those managers that are there, I really do. I really envy (Liverpool’s) Brendan (Rodgers) and (Chelsea’s) Jose (Mourinho) and everybody else. But that doesn’t stop my determination to try and turn them over,” he added.
The 54-year-old former Newcastle United coach continued: “I think the England job is a job that’s unique in that it brings a certain pressure. I’ve experienced some of that at pressure the clubs I’d been at. If Roy (Hodgson), and after Roy somebody else, if it ever turned up at my doorstep I would say to the FA, I’ll have one tournament.
“Let me have one tournament — win, lose or bust. And my money ends when that ends. I’d be happy with that.”
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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.