MARCOUSSIS, France -- Hes being talked up as the future of Portugals national team and the likely heir to Cristiano Ronaldo.Renato Sanches certainly has plenty to live up to.The flamboyant, dreadlocked Sanches arrived at the European Championship with a reputation as one of the continents most-talented young players. Bayern Munich clearly thought so, reportedly beating Manchester United to the 18-year-old wingers signature by handing him one of the richest contracts in Bundesliga history for a transfer fee that could climb to about $90 million.At Euro 2016, hes showing what all the fuss is about.After starting the tournament on the bench, Sanches forced his way into the starting lineup thanks to an attention-grabbing cameo as a second-half substitute against Croatia in the round of 16.UEFAs technical group even selected him as man of the match, and handed him the award again five days later after Sanches scored -- and upstaged Ronaldo -- in the quarterfinal win over Poland in a penalty shootout. Sanches, of course, had no qualms taking one of the early penalties.Fearless, hard-working, and with a bag of tricks: Sanches looks the real deal even at this age. UEFA has already said he is in contention for Young Player of the Tournament award. And he is surely now a guaranteed starter against Wales in the semifinal in Lyon on Wednesday.I think he is a special, special young man, Portugal midfielder Andre Gomes said Monday at the squads training base southwest of Paris.Gomes, who lost his place to Sanches for the Poland game, should know. They played alongside each other in the youth-team set-up at Portuguese club Benfica, with Gomes immediately seeing the potential.Theres no surprise the way he has been performing, Gomes said. We know how far we can go.That must be a relief for Portugal, which for so long has leant heavily on Ronaldo -- the countrys record scorer and greatest sporting export. At 31, though, the Real Madrid star may only have one more major tournament in him and the likes of Nani and Ricardo Quaresma, though technically gifted, lack the consistency to assume Ronaldos mantle.Sanches, then, appears to be Ronaldos natural heir.Hes a nice kid, he listens to the old guys, he wants to learn, which is good, Portugal defender Jose Fonte said. Its great to have him around and hell be the future of the national side, for sure.A right-sided midfielder with pace and directness, Sanches reminds Portugal coach Fernando Santos of another of the countrys greats -- the late Mario Coluna, who starred for Portugal and Benfica in the 1960s.I dont think the Renato you see today is the one well see in the future, Santos said. Hes still growing and he has to take all his qualities and put them all on the pitch. Its my job to help him do this.Sanches is perking up what can be a sterile Portugal team. Early in the Poland game, he collected the ball on the right wing and drove straight at the defense. He beat the first defender before getting dispossessed, but it was a sign of things to come.Later, from a similar position, he played a one-two with Nani and thumped a shot that deflected into the corner to become -- at 18 years, 316 days -- the youngest scorer in a European Championship knockout game. He was already the youngest player to start for Portugal in a major tournament.Sanches work rate also stands out. He just never stops.Hes got no fear. He just doesnt care, Fonte said. He goes and asks for the ball every second.Hes got power and strength, energy to run all day and great ability. It is lucky for Bayern Munich that they have him.Wales players: Consider yourselves warned. Theres plenty more to Portugal than Ronaldo. Nike Tanjun Shoes On Sale . Hey!" 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Especially in chases; in 2015, for instance, Kohli scored less than 12 in four of the five ODIs India lost chasing. Is it then a throwback to the era when Tendulkars failure would inevitably result in Indias defeat or is it just an emotional reaction?There is no doubt India win much more often when Kohli scores a fifty or more in a chase. While chasing 200 or more, India have won 23 of 32 games when Kohli has completed his half-century. When Kohli hasnt reached fifty, India have managed only 20 wins from 44 chases of over 200. In those 20 chases that were won without a big contribution from Kohli, there were 36 scores of 50 or more from other specialist batsmen. Rohit Sharma has scored seven of those.MS Dhoni, too, doesnt believe India is a one-batsman team, and isnt inclined to read too much into the numbers thrown up because the sample is not large enough for him. If you see the last one, one-and-a-half years, we havent played a lot of ODI cricket, he said after India lost to New Zealand by 19 runs in Ranchi. I can say that the stats actually dont reflect the exact scenario because also at that period I have batted at a different position and our top order was batting brilliantly.The numbers largely appear to corroborate Dhonis view. In all ODIs where India have chased since 2014, they have won five games and lost as many when Kohli has scored at least 50. He has scored two hundreds and three fifties in losing causes during this period. In the 17 games that Kohli has scored less than 50, Indiass record hasnt been too bad: they have won nine wins and lost eight.dddddddddddd In the nine wins that came without Kohli making a half-century, Shikhar Dhawan has contributed a century and four half-centuries while Rohit Sharma has struck three fifties. The rest of the batsmen have chipped in with four hundreds and three fifties. Kohli has scored 25.76% (813 out of 3156) of Indias top-order runs in successful chases in ODIs since 2014. Dhawan is second on the list with 18.25%.These numbers reveal that despite Kohlis overwhelming contribution to Indias successful chases, the team hasnt been overly dependent on him. However, the numbers dont tell you what happens when India fail despite a Kohli century or fifty. What happens after he is gone?A good example of how Kohlis dismissal exposes a middle order that isnt well versed in finishing games came in Canberra at the start of the year. Set a target of 349, Kohli and Dhawan racked up hundreds. At 277 for 1 in the 38th over, India looked like they would complete the chase fairly easily, but once Kohli departed within two overs of the dismissals of Dhawan and Dhoni, Indias middle order unravelled, with only Ravindra Jadeja getting into double digits.Similarly in the Rajkot ODI against South Africa, Kohli batted deep but his departure, with 55 required off 29 balls, snuffed out Indias chase. When the Tendulkar-falls-India-lose era ended, India had match-winners following him: Rahul Dravid, Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh. That Dhoni is not finishing matches now, and that Indias two other match-winners in recent times - Rohit and Dhawan - bat before Kohli accentuates the Kohli-falls-India-lose impression.The numbers will tell you India are not over-dependent on Kohli - at least not yet - but the impression they are coincides with their struggle to find somebody who can make his own the slot vacated by Yuvraj. 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