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Zimbabwe opt to bowl in third ODI
Harare: Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura won the toss and elected to bowl in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) against India at the Harare Sports Club here on Tuesday.
The squads:
Elton Chigumbura (captain), Regis Chakabva, Chamu Chibhabha,Graeme Cremer, Neville Madziva, Hamilton Masakadza, Richmond Mutumbami, Tinashe Panyangara, Vusi Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, DT Tiripano, P Utseya, Brian Vitori, MN Waller, S Williams
India Squad
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Stuart Binny, Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa, Murali Vijay
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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.