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PSG maintain edge over Barcelona in Champions League
Paris: French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain claimed a comfortable 3-1 victory over Ajax at the Parc des Princes here, keeping atop of Champions League Group F.
Edinson Cavani opened scoring for the home side in the 33rd minute when the Uruguay striker received a cross from winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and tapped it into the empty net, as per reports.
Midfielder Davy Klaassen scored a deserved equaliser for Ajax midway through the second half, picked out inside the area by a brilliant cross by teenage forward Ricardo Kishna from the left and diving in to head past Salvatore Sirigu at the near post.
Eleven minutes later, PSG restored the lead through Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who chested down a pass from Javier Pastore inside the area and twisted, with his back turned to goal, to volley a shot in at the far post.
With Barcelona thrashing APOEL 4-0 in Cyprus, the eventual group leaders will now be decided in a head-to-head in the final round at Camp Nou Dec 10 when Ajax need to avoid defeat at home to APOEL to secure third.
PSG and Barcelona, however, have secured their respective berths to last 16 of the elite European championship earlier this month with two rounds of matches remaining.
The Parisians are now unbeaten in their last 13 matches at home in the UEFA Champions League. Their last defeat came against CSKA Moskva back in 2004.
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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.