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Alves added to Brazil Copa America squad

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Rio de Janeiro: Barcelona’s Dani Alves has replaced injured Real Madrid full-back Danilo in Brazil’s Copa America squad, the country’s football federation (CBF) said on Thursday.

Danilo suffered a badly sprained right ankle in Brazil’s 2-0 friendly victory over Mexico in Sao Paulo on Sunday. The 23-year-old, who this month joined Real Madrid from Porto, was due to fly to the Spanish capital for treatment on Thursday, as per reports.

Brazil will begin their Copa America campaign against Peru in Temuco on June 14. They will also meet Colombia and Venezuela in the group stage.

Alves has not represented the ‘Selecao’ since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil where he played in the hosts’ first four matches before being dropped. He was an unused substitute in the team that lost 1-7 to Germany in the semifinal and also missed the 0-3 defeat to the Netherlands in the match for third place.

The 32-year-old, capped 79 times for Brazil, this week signed a new deal with Barcelona after helping the Catalan outfit to a 3-1 victory over Juventus in the Champions League final on Saturday. He had been expected to leave the club after rejecting offers to extend his contract in March and May.

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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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