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Portuguese soccer league standings
Lisbon:Following are the Portuguese soccer league standings after Friday’s match (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to the reports.
Benfica 12 10 1 1 28 7 31
FC Porto 12 8 4 0 27 5 28
Vitoria Guimaraes 12 8 3 1 22 9 27
Sporting Lisbon 12 6 5 1 24 11 23
Sporting Braga 12 6 4 2 21 8 22
Belenenses 12 6 3 3 15 14 21
Pagos de Ferreira 12 5 4 3 16 13 19
Rio Ave 12 5 3 4 19 15 18
Moreirense 12 4 4 4 10 11 16
12 5 0 7 19 18 15
Estoril 12 3 5 4 17 21 14
Boavista 13 4 1 8 9 25 13
Nacional 12 3 3 6 10 13 12
Vitoria Setubal 13 3 2 8 8 21 11
Arouca 12 2 3 7 6 19 9
Academica Coimbra 12 1 5 6 7 17 8
Penafiel 12 2 1 9 8 25 7
Gil Vicente 12 0 5 7 7 21 5
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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.