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Pedrosa, Dovizioso, Lorenzo set pace on 1st pre-season test day
Sepang (Malaysia), Jan 29 (IANS) Spain’s Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso set the pace on the first day of pre-season tests at Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ahead of the 2018 MotoGP season.
Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa finished his best lap in one minute and 59.427 seconds, ahead of Ducati’s Dovizioso, who clocked a time of one minute and 59.427 seconds on Sunday, reports Efe.
On the wet Sepang International Circuit, Ducati’s Lorenzo came in third with a time of one minute and 59.802 seconds.
The reigning world champion, Spaniard Marc Marquez, finished in seventh place with a time of two minutes and 0.290 seconds.
The racers first used rain tyres before turning to the new ones they are to use in the upcoming season.
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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.