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Spanish La Liga standings
Madrid, Feb 21 (IANS) Following are the Spanish La Liga standings after Saturday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua.
Barcelona 25 20 3 2 67 20 63
Atletico Madrid 24 17 3 4 35 11 54
Real Madrid 24 16 5 3 70 23 53
Villarreal 24 14 6 4 30 18 48
Sevilla 24 11 7 6 34 24 40
Celta Vigo 25 11 5 9 38 44 38
Eibar 25 10 6 9 40 34 36
Athletic Bilbao 24 10 5 9 35 34 35
Deportivo La Coruna 25 6 14 5 33 31 32
Real Sociedad 24 8 6 10 34 34 30
Malaga 24 8 6 10 21 21 30
Valencia 24 6 10 8 28 25 28
Real Betis 25 6 9 10 19 34 27
Getafe 25 7 5 13 26 39 26
Espanyol 25 7 4 14 22 48 25
Rayo Vallecano 24 6 6 12 32 49 24
Sporting Gijon 25 6 6 13 28 42 24
Las Palmas 25 5 6 14 24 40 21
Levante 25 5 5 15 24 45 20
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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.