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Man City’s Foden youngest English player to start in Champions League (Lead)
Kharkiv (Ukraine), Dec 7 (IANS) FIFA U-17 World Cup player of the tournament Phil Foden, who plies his trade for Manchester City, became the youngest English player to start in the Champions League.
Aged 17 years and 192 days, the midfielder became the youngest Englishman to start a Champions League match on Wednesday in his side’s 1-2 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk. He record of former Chelsea player Josh McEachran.
He also became the youngest player to start a Champions League match for an English club since Arsenal’s Cesc Fàbregas in 2004.
Shakhtar won the match with Caldeira Bernard (26th minute) and Ismaily Gonçalves dos Santos (32nd) scoring in the first half. Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero (90+1) netted the lone goal for the former English Premier League (EPL) champions through a penalty.
“Everyone at City would like to congratulate Phil on another significant milestone,” Manchester City said in a statement.
Foden, who will turn 18 in May next year, also became the first player born in 2000 to start a match in Europe’s top-level club competition. He made his Manchester City debut as a substitute in the win over Feyenoord last month.
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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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