Sunil Gavaskar Turns 74: Know about the special and memorable moments of the Little Master’s career
Former Indian cricket team captain and veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has turned 74 today. Famous Sunil Gavaskar by the name of ‘Little Master’ and ‘Sunny’ has set many great records during his cricket career. Born in the year 1949 in Mumbai, Sunil Gavaskar is such a player who has enhanced the glory of cricket during his career.
He has many wonderful records to his name which he has achieved during his career on the basis of his strong game. Sunil Gavaskar is the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Sunil Gavaskar came into limelight while playing his debut test match against the West Indies. He has also destroyed many great records in batting. There are many records which even batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli have not been able to break even after making them. Between the years 1971 and 1987, he played many brilliant innings, due to which he has come in the line of legends.
Significantly, Sunil Gavaskar was a member of India’s first World Cup winning team in 1983. There was a time during his career when he held the record for scoring most centuries in Test cricket. It is clear from this that how explosive a batsman he was. He has scored more than 10 thousand runs in Test cricket. He ended his career with 45 fifties and 34 centuries. He scored 10,122 runs in Tests.
Please tell that Sunil Gavaskar has played 125 Test matches for India. He has scored a total of 34 centuries. This record was predicted by many to be impossible to break until Sachin Tendulkar broke the record in 2005. The ‘Little Master’ scored 13 centuries in 27 Tests against the West Indies. As history testifies, the Caribbean team was a strong red-ball team in the 70s and 80s, but where most batsmen failed or did not last, Gavaskar triumphed and against some of the most dangerous fast bowlers in the world. Moving on to crossing the batting milestone.
After success in the first series against the West Indies in 1971, Gavaskar failed to do much in his next series against England. After this, in the series against England, he silenced all the critics and scored a blistering 101 runs while scoring a century. The opening batsman dispelled all doubts by scoring a brilliant 101 in India’s first innings on their Test tour of England in 1974. He then scored a half-century in the second innings as well, but his heroics with the bat could not help India avoid defeat in the contest.
Gavaskar was rarely surprised or intimidated by West Indian fast bowlers like Holding, Marshall, Robbets and Garner. He scored 774 runs in his debut series against West Indies in 1971 and also had a double century. In this series, for the first time, India registered a historic victory by defeating the West Indies, whose hero was Sunil Gavaskar. Please tell that Sunil Gavaskar was not only a batsman but also a strong fielder. He took 108 catches in Test cricket.
