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India bags 11 medals in Track Asia Cup cycling meet

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New Delhi: India finished its campaign in the Track Asia Cup cycling meet by winning 11 medals, including three gold medals, three silver and five bronze medals, at the IG Sports Complex here on Friday.

India were ranked third in the overall medals tally. South Korea finished at the top with six gold, three silver and three bronze medals while Uzbekistan secured second place with three gold and four silver medals.

On the final day, India won two gold and three bronze medals.

India’s young cycling sensation Deborah Herold made a fine start on the final day by winning the gold medal in the women elite sprint, clocking 13.614 seconds to beat South Korea’s Cho Sun Young (13.704 seconds).

Deborah also missed one medal opportunity as she fell down in her favourite Keiren event. On the final lap, she couldn’t maintain her balance and fell down on the track and after coming in contact of Deborah, Thailand’s Pannaray Rasee also lost her balance and collided. Deborah eventually settled for one gold and two silver medals.

n the junior women sprint final, India’s Nayana Rajesh bagged the gold medal in 13.510 seconds while Anu Chutia clinched the bronze in 13.822 seconds. The silver went to Fatemeh Hadavand of Iran in 13.623 seconds.

In the men junior section, Emerson bagged the bronze medal in the sprint final with a timing of 12.347 seconds. The gold medal of this event went to Thanawat Uraikit of Thailand.

The men’s junior team, consisting of Ranjith Singh, Sahil Kumar, Om Thalor Prakash and Sanju Udayan Abhjith won the bronze medal in the Team pursuit 4 km event, waving off tough competition with a timing of 4:46.643 seconds.

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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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