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J&K cricketer Manzoor Dar to play for KXIP in IPL
Srinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) While Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool and pacer Umar Nazir Mir found no buyers at the IPL auction, another local cricketer Manzoor Dar was bought by Kings XI Punjab on Sunday.
Dar popularly known as ‘Manzoor Pandav’ for his big hitting skills in the Valley, was bought at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Dar has helped win a couple of matches in the recent Mushtaq Ali T20 north zone for Jammu and Kashmir. He was the penultimate player to get on the auction list in the two-day bidding war in Bengaluru for players between the IPL franchises.
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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.