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Uruguay showed good defence in Copa America: Godin

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Montevideo (Uruguay): Uruguay captain Diego Godin has said his team showed a good level of defence in the Copa America tournament where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

“We didn’t change our way of playing. We kept our identity, with fight and heart and a great defensive power and tactical,” a news agency quoted Godin as saying during an interview on Tuesday with local daily El Pais.

“We lacked the other part, of damaging our opponent and working with the situations we had. This was our duty,” added the central defender for Atletico Madrid.

Despite this, the player said the national team, who won the Copa America tournament back in Argentina 2011, left a “good impression” in the tournament organized by Chile.

The hosts knocked Godin’s team out of the contest after defeating Uruguay 1-0 in the quarter-finals.

“Even though we seemed to go into the tournament with a low profile and with a lot of humility, we are not going to lie … deep inside we wanted to reach the final and win it,” Godin told the Montevideo newspaper.

“Uruguayans are competitive and we always want to win even though we try to hide it, it is impossible,” added the 29-year-old player.

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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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