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French Ligue 1 standings
Paris: Following are the French Ligue 1 standings after Friday’s match (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points), as per reported.
1. Lyon 21 14 3 4 45 17 45
2. Marseille 22 14 2 6 42 22 44
3. Paris Saint-Germain 21 11 8 2 38 19 41
4. Saint-Etienne 21 11 7 3 24 13 40
5. Monaco 21 10 6 5 24 18 36
6. Montpellier 21 9 5 7 26 22 32
7. Bordeaux 21 9 5 7 27 29 32
8. Nantes 21 8 7 6 19 18 31
9. Nice 22 9 4 9 28 29 31
10. Rennes 21 8 6 7 22 25 30
11. Reims 21 8 4 9 27 36 28
12. Lille 21 7 6 8 17 18 27
13. Guingamp 21 8 1 12 23 33 25
14. Lorient 21 7 2 12 23 29 23
15. Bastia 21 5 7 9 21 26 22
16. Toulouse 21 6 4 11 23 33 22
17. Metz 21 5 5 11 19 30 20
18. Evian 21 6 2 13 23 38 20
19. Lens 21 5 4 12 20 28 19
20. Caen 21 4 6 11 26 34 18
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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.