He scored 246*, 222 and 85 in school cricket in his final year of secondary education before striking a century against the touring London schoolboys. The inaugural Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was given by Gavaskar on 20 February 2013 at Taj Coromandel, Chennai. Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs. (Express Archive), Tennis player Vijay Amritraj and Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar in Mumbai in 1993. [13] It was in the Fourth Test at The Oval that he produced his finest innings on English soil. He held the record for the highest number of test centuries (34) before. [13], Gavaskar was captain of the Indian team on several occasions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, although his record is less than impressive. Gavaskar played 125 Tests and scored over 10,000 runs for India. This day, 50 years ago, Sunil Gavaskar made his debut for India. He also became the first Indian to make four centuries in one Test series, the second Indian after Vijay Hazare to score two centuries in the same Test, and the third after Hazare and Polly Umrigar to score centuries in three consecutive innings. Krunal Pandya’s half-century and his partnership with KL Rahul propelled India to 317 from a tricky position. Test debut: West Indies v India at Port of Spain, 6–10 March 1971, Last Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, 13–17 March 1987, ODI debut: England v India at Leeds, 13 July 1974, Last ODI: India v England at Bombay, 5 November 1987, First Class Debut: Vazir Sultan Colt's XI v Dungarpur XI at Hyderabad, 1966/67, Last First Class Match: Rest of the World v M.C.C. His 205 in the First Test made him the first Indian to score a double century in India against the West Indies. He scored 103 in the Third Test to end the series with 205 runs at 51.66. It is indeed a momentous occasion for all Indians and we are getting to celebrate it at the world’s largest cricket facility Narendra Modi Stadium,” he wrote. He responded with 114 against Rajasthan in his second match and two other consecutive centuries saw him being selected in the 1970/71 Indian team to tour the West Indies. Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of first class 100s on 8 February 2013 [19]. of runs & centuries scored by a player against West Indies—2,749 runs & 13 centuries. VVS Laxman and Sunil Gavaskar admired Pandya’s unbeaten, calculated and emotional knock. [10] Standing in despite having scored only 703 runs at 28.12 since his debut series, Gavaskar rewarded the selectors with 116 and 35*. It was his Uncle who spotted that the child was not Sunny as he had a birthmark near his ear. Having secured the series 2–0, Gavaskar was removed from the captaincy for the drawn Sixth Test. [23] with Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah. 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Here, we take a glance at eight of his best ever knocks in all formats on his 50 In the Fourth Test in Ahmedabad, Gavaskar's 63 made him the first batsman to pass 10,000 runs. India had won only one of their 32 most recent Tests and none of their last 28. "India won the series in the West Indies and then in England and all of sudden the sport in India had a new meaning. Meet Madhav Mantri, India's oldest Test cricketer", "Six international cricketers whose sisters married other international cricketers", "BCCI ignores women's cricket: Nutan Gavaskar", "Sathya Sai Baba, Realizing Supreme Beatitude by Sunil Gavaskar", "After Ranveer Singh's Kapil Dev in 83, film finds its Sunil Gavaskar in Tahir Raj Bhasin. He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year in 1980. As a young boy, I knew I had someone to look up to and try and be like him. [13], 1978–79 saw India tour Pakistan for the first series between the arch-rivals for 17 years. This time on Instagram." Gavaskar scored 91 in the drawn First Test in Madras before withdrawing from the Second Test in Calcutta as he had promised. Sunil Gavaskar had scored his 10,000th run in Tests in Ahmedabad Gavaskar made his debut during India’s tour of the West Indies in 1971 in the … He managed only 4 and 1 in the Fourth Test in Madras as India forced the only win of the series. He then went on to score 121, his 29th Test century in 94 balls in his 95th test match, equalling Don Bradman's world record. "Perhaps, I would have grown up to be an obscure fisherman, toiling somewhere along the west coast," Sunny G wrote. In 2003, he became the first Indian to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture. This occurred because Gavaskar had refused to tour the West Indies for another series immediately afterwards, asking for a rest. Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies team, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history.However, most of Gavaskar's centuries against West Indies were against their second string team when their four-pronged attack were not playing. India won the Third and Fifth Tests in Bombay and Madras. [20], On 28 March 2014 the Supreme Court of India appointed Gavaskar as the interim President of the BCCI, primarily to oversee the seventh Season of the Indian Premier League. The wait is finally over. Sunil Gavaskar has been a true veteran of the game. The match was drawn. Sunil Gavaskar's son Rohan tweeted about his father making a debut on Instagram and he captioned the post as: "Another debut !! [10] He added a further 73 in the second innings of a high scoring draw. After missing the first Test due to an infected fingernail, Gavaskar scored 65 and 67 not out in the second Test in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, hitting the winning runs which gave India its first-ever win over the West Indies. As former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar celebrates the 50th anniversary of his Test debut, the batting legend on Saturday made his social media debut as he finally created an account on Instagram. [37], Gavaskar is an ardent devotee of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. His game was built around a near-perfect technique and enormous powers of concentration. He managed 227 runs at 37.83 as India were whitewashed 3–0. He managed only 118 runs at 19.66 in the three Tests against Australia, but his impact in Australia was for a controversial incident. Born in Mumbai and a student of St Xavier's High School young Sunil Gavaskar was named India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1966 while playing for his school. Gavaskar made an instant impact in international cricket in the 1971 series, scoring record 774 runs with three centuries and one double century. His first home series was largely disappointing, aggregating 224 runs at 24.89. Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, Statutory provisions on reporting (sexual offenses), This website follows the DNPA’s code of conduct. An Ian Botham led fightback saw Gavaskar removed, with India still needing 49 runs from 46 balls. He has scored the most runs by any player in a series (774) against. Gavaskar made 74 runs at 24.66 but was unable to bat in the Third Test. Gavaskar also tried his hand at acting on the silver screen. "[30] Despite the fact that Gavaskar's comment referenced Mike Procter and not the ICC, Australian writer Gideon Haigh said that, if Gavaskar genuinely believed this, "then he should almost certainly resign, for if the ICC is a bastion of 'white man's justice', Gavaskar bears some of the blame for having failed to change it. Born in Mumbai and a student of St Xavier's High School[7][8] young Sunil Gavaskar was named India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1966 while playing for his school. 117*. [13], In 1977–78 he toured Australia, scoring three consecutive Test centuries (113, 127, 118) in the second innings of the first three Tests at Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne, respectively. India broke through for a 153-run win in the Third Test at Kanpur, where Gavaskar scored 76. PLAYING CAREER OF SUNIL GAVASKAR. A veteran of the game, Gavaskar featured in 125 Tests, 108 ODIs between 1971-1987, amassing 10,122 and 3,092 respectively. He started consistently, scoring four half-centuries in five innings of the first three Tests. He was the first Indian to aggregate more than 700 runs in a series and till date remains the only Indian to do so. Against a team regarded as the worst to leave Australian shores, Gavaskar made 90 in the second innings of the First Test in Madras (now Chennai), giving India a chance to reach the target of 348, which ended in a tie. HP Chromebook 11a review: Is it worth it? Ujjwal Samrat . Gavaskar, who made his debut on March 6, 1971, against the West Indies, scored 774 runs in four Tests, including a double hundred and three centuries. Sunil Gavaskar 50th test anniversary: With a playing career that spanned 16 years and reaped a plethora of records, Gavaskar is one of the greatest Test openers of all time. Sunil Gavaskar got swapped at birth with a fisherman's son", "He's 92 and still going strong. Sunil Gavaskar, who made 65. He is the first Indian cricketer to carry his bat in test cricket, with a score of 127 not out in the Faisalabad Test in the year 1983. "50 years ago on this day he took the Cricketing World by storm. He is a joint holder of the record for scoring centuries in both innings of a Test Match on three occasions along with Australia's. Gavaskar almost went through his career without scoring a one-day century. The song depicted the similarities between a cricket match and real life. His debut series in West Indies in 1971 was more glittering than any batsmen ever making a debut in the history … Gavaskar saved his best for the Third Test in Karachi, scoring 111 and 137 in the Third, but was unable to prevent a defeat and series loss. Tahir Raj Bhasin as Gavaskar and is directed and produced by Kabir Khan and Anurag respectively. But Gavaskar did 259 at 43.16 and try and be like him saw a hard-fought 1–0 series win England... 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