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Mitchell Marsh to be back in Sydney Grade Cricket
Sydney: Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is looking forward to get entry in the Sydney Grade Cricket which is commencing from Jan 24.
Though he won’t bowl before the World Cup as he is still recovering from a right hamstring problem, Cricket Australia (CA) wants Marsh to get some batting practice before joining the team at the quadrennial event as a specialist batsman, reports news.com.au.
“At the moment he’s going to come back through his batting. The opportunity to have Mitch Marsh, one of the 15 best players in the country, for white ball cricket – I’m sure there will be a little bit of interest,” said CA high performance manager Pat Howard.
The 23-year-old, who plays for Western Australia, does not have a grade team in Sydney so Cricket New South Wales (NSW) will run a ballot to fix upon who he should play for. Howard expects plenty of interest in his services.
Marsh initially injured himself on the first day of the Brisbane Test against India and then suffered another setback during his rehabilitation.
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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.