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Sporting beats Rio Ave 4-2 in Portuguese league
Lisbon: Sporting Lisbon beat Rio Ave 4-2 in the 17th round of the Portuguese football league at the Alvalade stadium here to secure third place.
Sporting midfielder Nani opened the scoring 30 minutes into the game Sunday night with a clinical penalty shot, as per reports.
However, Rio Ave forward Del Valle equalised eight minutes later with the teams locked going into the break.
After half-time, Sporting entered the game with full speed. Colombian forward Fredy Montero put Sporting ahead again in the 60th, before Joao Mario scored another in the 67th with a header.
Rio Ave forward Ahmed Hassan netted in the 68th with a powerful shot from inside the area, but Japanese forward Tanaka secured Sporting’s victory in the 90th with a left footed effort, following a pass by William Carvalho.
Sporting are third in the Portuguese league with 36 points. Rio Ave are in seventh position with 24.
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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