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Warner’s verbal spat benefits the team: Finch
Adelaide: Australian opener Aaron Finch today said that the sledging his team mate Warner does benefits his team in some way.
“Having a guy like that (Warner) in your team is fantastic,” Finch was quoted as saying by the Cricket Australia website Wednesday.
The explosive right-hander also explained that sometimes the on-field situation boils over and it becomes difficult to control your temper.
“Every now and then it just boils over, it’s not a nice thing to have happen. He (Warner) knows he toes the line quite a bit and we love the way that he plays,” he said.
However, he wants to eradicate the abuse from the game that is hurled at players after being dismissed as he believes “Once you knock a guy over it’s really pointless carrying on like a pork chop.”
Sticking to his original stand he further added there was a place for verbal confrontations provided it was not personal and offensive.
“But when you’re out in the middle in the heat of battle, a bit of sledging is fine – it’s been happening forever. And I think if it’s done in the right way and the right spirit, nobody should really get offended by it.
Warner was fined 50 percent of his match fee for getting into an altercation with Indian batsman Rohit Sharma during Sunday’s One-Day International match against Australia.
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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.