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Shuttler Jayaram back in world top-25
New Delhi: Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram has jumped seven places to be ranked World No.25 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.
Jayaram’s appearance in the men’s singles final of the $600,000 Korea Open Superseries last week has helped the Mumbaikar enter the top-25 of the world once again. His career-best ranking is, however, 21.
Jayaram, who lost the final in Seoul to World No.1 Chen Long, had also reached the semi-finals of the Russian Open, Swiss Open and Malaysia Masters — all Grand Prix level tournaments — earlier in the year.
Other Indians in the category, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap, meanwhile, maintained their positions at No.5 and No.9 but H.S. Prannoy dropped a spot to be at No.16. India now has four shuttlers in the top-25 of men’s singles.
In women’s singles, Saina Nehwal is still the top ranked shuttler in the world followed by P.V. Sindhu at 13.
In men’s doubles, Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy stayed at No.19 while Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also remained stagnant at No.11 in women’s doubles.
There is no Indian representation in the top-25 of mixed doubles.
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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