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Pele in intensive care, but showing ‘improvement’
Rio De Janeiro: Pele was transferred to an intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital Thursday after a urinary tract infection spread to his kidneys.
The Albert Einstein Hospital said in a statement that the 74-year-old was receiving renal support treatment, adding that there had been “an improvement in his clinical condition.”
Pele was admitted to the hospital Monday and initially received antibiotics to treat the infection, as per reported.
Earlier on Thursday, the hospital said the footballer had been shifted to a special care unit suffering “.”
Pele’s personal aide, Pepito, was quoted telling media that the former Santos and New York Cosmos idol was “fine” and would return home “in a few days.”
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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.