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Maldives thrash Bhutan 3-1 in SAFF Cup match
Thiruvananthapuram: Maldives with their brilliant play thrashed Bhutan 3-1 in a South Asian Football Federation championship game at the Trivandrum International Stadium.
Ahmed Imaaz, Assadhulla Abdulla and Ali Ashfaq scored for Maldives while Tshering Dorji was the only one to get on the score sheet for Bhutan.
Maldives were quick to control the game and push upfront at the start. The pressure led to the first goal as Imaaz easily found the back of the net with a sharp strike. But the left back had to put in the hard yards and overlap to get to the end of the pass.
Jolted, Bhutan responded with a cracking goal in the 20th minute as Dorji equalised. The midfielder twisted and turned before finding the net with a fantastic finish.
But the equaliser did not last for long as after 11 minutes Abdulla flicked the ball home from a Ahmed Imaaz feekick to give his side the advantage again.
At half time Maldives led 2-1.
Bhutan pressed on after the breather in order to restore parity, but the Maldives defence stood strong. There were a few snapshots and a strike from Biren Basnet rattled the woodwork but none could find the back of the Maldives net.
On the other side however, it was Maldives captain Ashfaq who at the 70th minute ensured his side had a two-goal cushion by hammering in the ball after cutting past three defenders.
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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