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Indian hockey eves hold Argentina 2-2
Buenos Aires: The Indian women’s hockey team played out a 2-2 draw against Argentina in its second match of the tour to the South American country here.
The first half of the match on Tuesday witnessed India opening the score in the 27th minute via Monika’s backhand strike.
Argentina equalised four minutes into the second half through Delfina Merino before captain Ritu Rani put India on top again in the 44th minute.
The match came to even with Delfina marking Argentina’s second goal in the 56th minute.
“It was an important match for us as the team was playing with one of the leading international teams. The girls played very well,” India chief coach Neil Hawgood said in a release.
“India played a very defensive style of game that relied on counter attacks. We look forward to continue with such effort in upcoming matches.”
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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.