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Brathwaite could make it to the Windies team
Melbourne: All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite might get selected for the West Indies team against Australia on Boxing Day.
The 27-year-old, a right-arm pace bowler and powerful lower- order batsman, has been a part of the West Indies set-up on recent tours, but has failed to break into the final XI, despite impressive performances during tour matches, reports CMC.
However, with fast bowler Shannon Gabriel forced out of the tour with injury after pulling up lame in the first Test in Hobart, Brathwaite now seems the likely replacement ahead of recent call-up Miguel Cummins.
“We have to look at everything. Carlos is an all-rounder; Miguel is just an out-and-out fast bowler,” captain Jason Holder said on Christmas Eve.
“Carlos has been in the squad for a little while now and he’s waiting for his opportunity, so he’s pretty much front line to go ahead of Miguel. But we’ll see how the conditions are.”
Brathwaite scored 47 and 31, and took two wickets in the four-day tour match against a Cricket Australia XI, which West Indies lost by ten wickets in Brisbane three weeks ago.
On the tour of Sri Lanka in October, he struck 54 and followed up with a blistering 113 in the two tour matches.
Earlier this year against the touring Australians, he struck an unbeaten half-century and grabbed three wickets.
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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