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CAF to announce 2017 Afcon host in April
Malabo (Equatorial Guinea): The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said that the hosts for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will be announced April 8 in Cairo.
According to a statement from the continental football body Thursday, Algeria, Egypt, Gabon and Ghana are competing to replace strife-riven Libya who will not go ahead with their hosting of the finals for security concerns, as per reports.
The CAF also announced that the host nation will play games in the qualifiers, but their matches will be friendlies and won’t have points on offer.
The qualifiers will begin in June, and the 52 competing countries and regions will go straight into 13 groups of four teams each.
The top team in each group and the two best second-place teams will reach the main tournament.
The CAF also said that the African qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will begin in October.
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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