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Sunil Gavaskar

Full Name
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Born
10-07-1949 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Current Age
73 years old
Major Teams
India
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium
Sunil Gavaskar

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    Infographic: Virat Kohli and other 4 double centurion Indian captains

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    Infographic: Virat Kohli, milestones and bond with West Indies

Videos: Sunil Gavaskar

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    Watch Virat Kohli thank fans and players after retaining the ICC Test Championship Mace

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  • Watch: Vintage advertisement to promote India-Australia Test series of 1981

    Watch: Vintage advertisement to promote India-Australia Test series of 1981

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    VIDEO: Sunil Gavaskar equals Don Bradman's record of 29 centuries

Sunil Gavaskar Biography

Sunil Gavaskar metamorphosed Indian cricket in that watershed 1970-71 series. The 774 runs in four Tests that he scored in Caribbean in that debut series was a harbinger of 21-year-old’s precocity.

Gavaskar’s cataclysmic presence transformed Indian cricket off the field as well. When he came into the Indian team, players got Rs 750 a Test; by the time he moth-balled his kit, annual incomes of cricketers had more digits than phone numbers — well, almost. His commanding stature and authoritative voice laid the foundation for the players to cash in when the country witnessed the boom of satellite television. The millionaire cricketers of today have to thank him a lot.

He was a key figure in many of fourth innings epics in cricket history: 102 out of 406 for four in Port of Spain — then the highest ever by a team to win the Test; 90 out of 347 against Australia at Bangalore in Tied Test II, and 221 out of 429 for nine in a historic draw against England at the Oval in 1979.
 
He was the epitome of courage and consistency in the Golden Era of fast bowlers which had the likes of Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall and Imran Khan testing the bats and bones of batsmen. The traditional struggle of India’s flat-track bullies on overseas soil against even bowlers of average quality should put Gavaskar’s worth in perspective. He did not have the freedom to bat aggressive, but when he did he scored a hundred off 94 balls against Malcolm Marshall and Michael Holding and an 85-ball century in a 1987 World Cup game against New Zealand.

He held the record for the most runs and hundreds in Test cricket and is the first of the two to score hundreds in each innings thrice.
 
The timing of his retirement was as mellifluous as the timing of his shots:  96 in his final Test innings on a beast of a wicket against Pakistan in 1986-87; an elusive century in his penultimate one-day innings; and 188 against a World XI in his final First-Class match at Lord’s, the grand occasion of MCC’s Bicentenary.

Gavaskar has donned many hats: Sheriff of Mumbai, Vice-president of the MCA, BCCI president, ICC match referee, Chairman of ICC cricket committee and TV commentator. He has also been an author, singer and an actor.
 
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Sunil Gavaskar Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 125 214 10122 16 236* 51.12 16843 60.09 34 45 1080 2 108 0
ODIs 108 102 3092 14 103* 35.13 4910 62.97 1 27 227 15 22 0
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 19 19 561 3 103* 35.06 922 60.84 1 4 59 3 4 0

Sunil Gavaskar Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 125 376 206 1 206.0 3.287 376 0 0 1/10 1/10
ODIs 108 20 25 1 25.00 7.500 20.00 0 0 1/10 1/10
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1/10

Sunil Gavaskar Career statistics

Test Debut

West Indies v India at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, March 6, 1971

Last Test

India v Pakistan at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, March 13, 1987

ODI Debut

England v India at Headingley, Leeds, July 13, 1974

Last ODI

India v England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, November 5, 1987

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Talking in the pre-match show on Star Sports just before the toss, Gavaskar however, picked Pant to be player who can make all the ...

Sunil Gavaskar Reveals The Fault In Rishabh Pant’s Batting

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    Ed Sheeran, Damien Lewis and Gareth Southgate were among the celebs at Lord's.

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    While India boast a better record overall, New Zealand lead 4-3 in World Cups.

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    World Cup Countdown: 1987 – Chetan Sharma takes a hat-trick before Sunil Gavaskar hits maiden ODI ton

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    World Cup Countdown: 1987 – Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar take field together

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