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Australia retire Hughes’ ODI jersey
Melbourne: Cricket Australia has decided to retire late batsman Phillip Hughes’s one day international shirt number 64, captain Michael Clarke said Saturday.
Hughes,25, died Thursday two days after being hit by a bouncer during a domestic game.
“I asked Cricket Australia if HughesyÂ’s Australian one-day international shirt number, 64, could be retired, to which they agreed. It means so much,” Clarke said in a statement.
“Our promise to the Hughes family is that we will do everything we can to honour his memory. He epitomised what the baggy green is about and what it means to us all. Our dressing room will never be the same.”
No decision has been announced about the first Test with India, which is due to begin in Brisbane Thursday.
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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.