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Striker Rani to lead women’s U-21 hockey team

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New Delhi: Striker Rani Rampal was on Saturday named the captain of the 18-member Indian women’s junior hockey team for the six-nation Volvo International Tournament to be held in Breda, the Netherlands from July 19 to 26.

The 18-member squad was selected from the preparatory camp held here. Rani is the ace forward of the senior team.

Apart from her, several players of the senior team — defenders Deep Grace Ekka and Namita Toppo, and midfielders M.Lily Chanu and Lilima Minz — are also part of the Under-21 team to be coached by national chief coach Mathias Ahrens.

India will face the hosts in their first match.

“This tournament is very important for us as the outcome here will create a base for us for the 7th Asia Cup to be played in September this year,” Ahrens said in a release.

“This team has been picked on the basis the performance they showed during the preparatory camp and I am confident they will deliver. Our first match is against the Netherlands and we are aiming for winning start”.

Goalkeepers: Inderpreet Kaur, Sheweta.

Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Gurjit Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Rashmita Minz.

Midfielders: M.Lily Chanu, Lilima Minz, Navjot Kaur, Renuka Yadav, Preeti Dubey.

Forwards: Anupa Barla, Rani Rampal, Poonam Barla, Navneet Kaur, Navpreet Kaur.

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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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