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Wolfsburg’s De Bruyne voted best player of Bundesliga season

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Berlin: VfL Wolfsburg’s attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been voted as the best footballer of the Bundesliga 2014-2015 season, following a survey by the German sports magazine Kicker on Monday.

As many as 183 Bundesliga professionals took part in the survey and lifted the Belgian international with 52.2 percent of the votes on the first place, reports Xinhua.

The 23-year-old from is a key player of the “Wolves”, who helped the club to finish on the second place, behind giants Bayern Munich, and to clinch the German Cup with a 3-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund at the final. De Bruyne provided 20 assists and scored 10 goals this season of Germany’s premier competition.

As a consequence, De Bruyne ousted Bayern midfielder Arjen Robben, who won the survey last season, on the second place. The Dutchman earned 23.5 percent of the votes, and Bayer Leverkusen winger Karim Bellarabi came third with 6.6 percent.

The prize for the best coach of the season went to Borussia Monchengladbach’s coach Lucien Favre, who guided his “Foals” into the European Champions League group stage for the first time.

Augsburg’s coach Markus Weinzierl finished on second with 24.6 percent after completing a stunner season with the “Fuggerstaedter”, who rewarded themselves with a ticket for the Europa League.

Hamburger SV’s relegation hero coach Burno Labbadia finished up on the third place with 10.9 percent after helping the “HSV” to avoid the club’s first ever relegation into the second division.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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.

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