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Coutinho can vie for Ballon d’Or, says Kaka
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 24 (IANS) Brazil great Kaka said Philippe Coutinho’s move to Barcelona will allow the playmaker to vie for football’s top individual awards.
Coutinho joined Barcelona this month on a five-and-a-half-year contract, reports Xinhua news agency.
“I think it was a great signing for Barcelona,” Kaka said in a discussion with former Brazil teammate Ronaldo broadcast on social media on Tuesday.
“He isn’t the best player in the world yet but he has a lot of quality. He has what it takes to dominate, and then fight for individual awards.”
Ronaldo, like Kaka, a former winner of the Ballon d’Or awarded annually to the world’s best player, also lavished praise on the 25-year-old who scored 54 goals in just over 200 games for Liverpool.
But the 1994 and 2002 World Cup winner said the former Vasco da Gama playmaker was still some way from being the world’s best player.
“He’s going to have a lot of competition within Barcelona. But it’s going to be great to see him play with (Lionel) Messi and to see another Brazilian stand out for Barcelona. I don’t know if he’s going to in for the Ballon d’Or but without any doubt he’s an incredible talent.”
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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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