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UAE’s Al Ahli enter AFC Champions League final

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Dubai: South Korean defender Kwon Kyung-won’s last-minute goal gifted UAE giants Al Ahli from Dubai a final berth of the AFC Champions League.

In Tuesday’s match here, Al Ahli beat Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia 3-2 in the second leg of the semifinal and advanced with a 4-3 aggregate win, as per reported.

In the final, Al Ahli will face the winner of the other semifinal which will be decided on Wednesday between China’s Guangzhou Evergrade and Japan’s Gamba Osaka. Guangzhou won the first leg 2-1 at home on September 30.

Al Ahli is the first UAE club to reach the final in 10 years.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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