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If I break record, Neymar will do it again anyway: Kaka
Sao Paulo: Brazil attacking midfielder Kaka, who is on the verge of becoming the country’s leading goal-scorer in FIFA World Cup qualifying, believes Neymar will just break the record sooner rather than later anyway.
The Orlando City footballer has been called up for Brazil’s upcoming qualifiers due to the injury sustained by Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho. Kaka currently has 10 goals in World Cup qualifiers and just needs two more to overtake current holders Romario and Zico, who have 11 each.
“It will mean a lot to me. If I score two goals now and become the all-time scorer of the qualifiers in a team with so many great players at a high level, it will mean a lot to me,” Kaka, 2002 World Cup winner, was quoted as saying by goal.com on Tuesday.
“I have been aware of this feat since the 2010 qualifiers but didn’t know how many I needed. Now I know I need two, but then Neymar will come and run away with it anyway,” the former AC Milan star said.
Despite scoring 46 goals for the national team since his debut in 2010, Neymar has never played in a World Cup qualifier due to Brazil’s automatic qualification for hosting the 2014 tournament.
Even if 33-year-old Kaka breaks the record in the games against Chile and Venezuela, 23-year-old Neymar will still have a long way to go before reaching the feat.
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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