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Real Madrid wins record 16 straight matches

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Malaga: Real Madrid won its 16th straight match — a historic record — to down the hometown Malaga squad unbeaten at La Rosaleda stadium until now.

From the opening minutes, Malaga handed over the initiative and the ball to Real Madrid.

Malaga on defence had Rosales on the right and the Ivory Coast’s Arthur Boka on the left to stop Welsh striker Gareth Bale, who nonetheless got past them for the first goal attempt of the game — blocked, however, by Cameroon goalkeeper Kameni.

Real Madrid continued to dominate until the critical moment when Cristiano Ronaldo took a midfield steal down the left for a quick cross to Karim Benzema, who got it past Kameni to make it 1-0 at minute 18.

The second half started out like the first — Real Madrid attacked and dominated but didn’t score. Former Malaga player Isco almost scored but Kameni defended and kept Malaga in the running.

With the two teams’ energy seeming to dwindle, the locals were hit with the added problem of central defender Sergio Sanchez’s injury.

But then a stolen ball at midfield by Madrid had lethal consequences. Cristiano Ronaldo took a long pass and flicked it over to Bale, whose powerful right-foot shot at minute 83 was impossible for Kameni to control this time and upped the score to 2-0.

The game was really over, but Malaga succeeded in a last-gasp attempt to get on the scoreboard in injury time when Santa Cruz took Boka’s cross from the left and headed the ball into the net at minute 90 to make it 2-1.

And that was it: Madrid had strung together a record 16 victories while Malaga lost its first home-team game.

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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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