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Kohli, Rahane take India to 104/3 at tea

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Melbourne: An unbeaten 85-run stand between Virat Kohli (batting 54) and Ajinkya Rahane (batting 33) helped India reach 104 for three, needing 280 more runs to win at tea against Australia on the fifth and final day of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Tuesday.

India had a horror start as they lost their first three wickets — Murali Vijay (11), Shikhar Dhawan (0) and Lokesh Rahul (1) — within the first six overs but Kohli and Rahane came to the rescue and stabilised the ship.

Australian pacers Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris and Josh Hazlewood took a wicket each.

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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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