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Real Madrid, Barcelona lead Spanish La Liga standings

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Madrid: Real Madrid and Barcelona, after their respective wins over Celta de Vigo and Eibar, are leading the Spanish League with 21 points each.

Atletico de Madrid are just two points behind the two, after defeating Valencia.

The Rafa Benitez-managed Real Madrid has been in fine form this week despite the absence of James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, and beat Celta 3-1 with an outstanding performance by keeper Keylor Navas.

Barcelona were in for a suprise as Eibar’s Borja Baston gave his team an early lead before Luis Suarez came to his team’s rescue with a hat-trick.

Sunday’s biggest battle, nonetheless, took place in Vicente Calderon where Atletico de Madrid defeated Valencia 2-1.

Jackson Martinez and Yannnik Carrasco scored for Atletico.

Meanwhile, Levante’s 0-4 loss to Real Socieadad cost manager Lucas Alcaraz his job.

Mexican Carlos Vela led the attack for Real Socieadad, together with Agirretxe and Asier Illarramendi, to bundle Levante to the bottom of the standings.

A goalless draw between Las Palmas and Villarreal at Gran Canaria kept Las Palmas in the relegation zone, at 6 points with Levante and Granada.

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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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