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Europa League standings
London: Following are the Europa League standings after Thursday’s games (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to the reports.
Group A
M’gladbach 5 2 3 0 11 4 9
Villarreal 5 2 2 1 13 7 8
FC Z|rich 5 2 1 2 10 11 7
Apollon Limassol 5 1 0 4 4 16 3
Group B
Club Brugge 5 2 3 0 8 1 9
Torino 5 2 2 1 4 2 8
HJK Helsinki 5 2 0 3 4 9 6
5 1 1 3 4 8 4
Group C
Tottenham 5 3 2 0 9 3 11 – qualified
Besiktas 5 2 3 0 10 5 9 – qualified
Asteras Tripolis 5 1 2 2 7 10 5
Partizan Belgrade 5 0 1 4 1 9 1
Group D
Salzburg 5 4 1 0 16 7 13 – qualified
Celtic 5 2 2 1 7 7 8 – qualified
FC Astra 5 1 1 3 5 10 4
Dinamo Zagreb 5 1 0 4 8 12 3
Group E
Dynamo Moscow 5 5 0 0 8 3 15 – qualified
PSV Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 5 4 7
Estoril 4 1 0 3 3 4 3
Panathinaikos 5 0 1 4 5 10 1
(Estoril-PSV game abandoned at halftime; to be completed Friday)
Group F
Inter Milan 5 3 2 0 6 2 11 – qualified
Saint-Etienne 5 0 5 0 2 2 5
Garabagh 5 1 2 2 3 5 5
Dnipropetrovsk 5 1 1 3 3 5 4
Group G
Feyenoord 5 3 0 2 7 6 9 – qualified
Sevilla 5 2 2 1 7 5 8
Rijeka 5 2 1 2 7 7 7
Standard Liege 5 1 1 3 4 7 4
Group H
Everton 5 3 2 0 10 2 11 – qualified
VfL Wolfsburg 5 2 1 2 11 10 7
Lille 5 0 4 1 3 6 4
FK Krasnodar 5 0 3 2 6 12 3
Group I
Napoli 5 3 1 1 8 3 10 – qualified
Sparta Prague 5 3 1 1 11 4 10
Young Boys 5 3 0 2 11 7 9
Slovan Bratislava 5 0 0 5 1 17 0
Group J
Dynamo Kiev 5 4 0 1 10 4 12 – qualified
AaB 5 3 0 2 5 8 9
Steaua Bucharest 5 2 1 2 11 7 7
Rio Ave 5 0 1 4 3 10 1
Group K
Fiorentina 5 4 1 0 10 2 13 – qualified
PAOK 5 2 1 2 9 5 7
Guingamp 5 2 1 2 5 5 7
Dinamo Minsk 5 0 1 4 1 13 1
Group L
Legia Warsaw 5 4 0 1 5 2 12 – qualified
Trabzonspor 5 3 1 1 8 4 10 – qualified
Lokeren 5 2 1 2 3 4 7
Metalist Kharkiv 5 0 0 5 3 9 0
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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.