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Shuttlers Pawar, Saili reach Scottish Open semis
Glasgow: Indian shuttlers Anand Pawar and Saili Rane have entered the semi-finals of their respective categories at the $50,000 Scottish Open Grand Prix here.
In the men’s singles quarter-final late Thursday evening, seventh seed Pawar defeated Belgian Yuhan Tan 21-16, 14-21, 21-10 in 53 minutes at the Emirates Arena to take a 2-0 lead in career meetings.
The Mumbai shuttler, in the semis, will take on Chinese Taipei’s 10th seed , who beat the Indian in their only match yet two years ago in Vietnam.
Later in the women’s singles last eight clash, Saili came out with a brilliant performance to oust Bulgarian third seed Linda Zetchiri 21-18, 21-11 in only 38 minutes. Next, Saili will face Spanish second seed Beatriz Corrales.
The semi-finals will take place late Saturday.
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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