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Marquez earns his 5th victory in 2017 at Aragon Grand Prix
Alcañiz (Spain), Sep 24 (IANS) Spanish Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez on Sunday clinched his fifth victory this season at the Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix.
Defending champion Marquez crossed the finish line first, clocking 42 minutes and 6.816 seconds to be the sole leader of the MotoGP World Standing 2017 with 224 points and just four races left, reports Efe news agency.
Ducati’s Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso, who was sharing the top spot with Marquez before today’s race, lost ground to the Spaniard and came seventh, 7.455 seconds off the pace.
Dovizioso is now second in the general standings, 16 points behind the Spanish rider.
Coming in second on Sunday was Ducati’s Spanish racer Dani Pedrosa, 0.879 seconds slower than the winner.
Another Spanish rider, Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati), completed the podium.
Italian Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), who got back to competition 24 days after breaking his leg in a motocross accident, ended the race in fifth place, behind teammate Maverick Viñales of Spain.
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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.