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Hyderabad floor Awadhe in PBL
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Hyderabad Hunters routed Awadhe Warriors 6-(-1) in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.
The men’s doubles pair of Markis Kido and Yoo Yeon Seong beat Or Chin Chung and Tang Chun Man 14-15, 15-6, 15-11 to make it 1-0 for Hyderabad.
South Korean Lee Hyun II made it 2-0 as he ended Parupalli Kashyap’s unbeaten run in the PBL with a 13-15, 15-9, 15-14 victory.
From 8-14 in the final game, Kashyap saved six match points but Lee Hyun held his nerve to take the golden point.
In the second men’s singles match, B. Sai Praneeth stunned Kidambi Srikanth 15-10, 15-10 in Awadhe’s ‘Trump Match’ to give Hyderabad a four-point advantage. Srikanth’s defeat left the Lucknow-based side with a negative total.
Olympic 2016 champion Carolina Marin crushed Olympic 2012 bronze medallist Saina Nehwal 15-5, 15-7 in Hyderabad’s ‘Trump Match’ to make it an unassailable six-point lead.
In the mixed doubles match, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Pia Zebadiah demolished Hendra Setiawan and Christinna Pedersen 15-9, 15-9 to make it one of the worst performances of Awadhe.
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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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