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Need to tighten our defence: Raghunath
Bhubaneswar: Trying to recover from two successive defeats, India have shifted their focus to the quarter-finals of the Hero Hockey Champions Trophy at the Kalinga Stadium here.
“We are preparing towards the quarters. I am sure that the knock out match will be totally different from the league matches. We made some mistakes in the league phases,” defender V.R. Raghunath said ahead of their final league game against the Olympic and World Cup silver medallists the Netherlands.
India lost 0-1 to Olympic champions Germany in the first match before going down 2-4 to World Cup bronze medallists Argentina.
He said they have ratified their mistakes committed in the last two matches that dragged them to the bottom of the Pool B points table.
“At present we can’t say whom we are going to face in the quarters. We are ready to face any opponent. We have enormous fitness and potential to put up a good show,” the senior penalty corner specialist said.
The Roelant Oltmans-coached team had an extensive meeting Monday to decide the strategies to be adopted in the coming matches.
“Our defence was lagging in last two matches. We need to tighten our defence,” the 26-year-old Raghunath said.
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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