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India rise a spot to 155th in FIFA rankings

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Zurich: India have jumped a place to the 155th spot in the global football rankings released on Thursday.

According to the rankings released by world football governing body FIFA, India fared marginally better as they moved up a place from their previous 156th position.

India dropped 15 places to the 156th spot earlier in July following two consecutive defeats in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

India will face Iran in a World Cup qualifier in Bengaluru on September 8. The team, coached by Stephen Constantine, was held goalless by Nepal in a practice match in Pune on August 31.

Copa America runners-up Argentina continued to top the list, which they attained in July, ahead of second-placed Belgium and world champions Germany, who are third.

Colombia and five-time world champions Brazil round off the top five list, in the fourth and fifth places, respectively.

Portugal are sixth in the rankings, ahead of seventh-placed Romania and Chile.

Wales have moved up to their highest ever position at ninth, ahead of England who fell two places to 10th.

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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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