Sunil Gavaskar

India|Opening Batter
Sunil Gavaskar
INTL CAREER: 1971 - 1987
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Full Name

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar

Born

July 10, 1949, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Age

73y 326d

Also Known As

Sunny

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium, Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Height

5ft 5in

Education

St Xavier's College; Bombay University

RELATIONS

RS Gavaskar

(son),

MK Mantri

(uncle),

GR Viswanath

(brother-in-law)

Other

Referee

Sunil Gavaskar was one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time, and certainly the most successful. His game was built around a near-perfect technique and enormous powers of concentration. It is hard to visualise a more beautiful defence: virtually unbreachable, it made his wicket among the hardest to earn. He played with equal felicity off both front and back feet, had excellent judgement of length and line, and was beautifully balanced. He had virtually every stroke in the book but traded flair for the solidity his side needed more. His record for the highest number of Test hundreds was overtaken by Sachin Tendulkar, but statistics alone don't reveal Gavaskar's true value to India. He earned respect for Indian cricket and he taught his team-mates the virtue of professionalism. The self-actualisation of Indian cricket began under him. Since retiring, Gavaskar has served as a television commentator, analyst and columnist, as well as taken on various responsibilities with the BCCI, and served as chairman of the ICC cricket committee. He stepped down - after some controversial comments - from the latter in order to continue as a media columnist and commentator.
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Sunil Gavaskar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Test1252141610122236*51.12--3445261080
ODI108102143092103*35.13496662.26127-220
FC348563612583434051.46--81105-2930
List A15114417459412336.17--537-370

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test1252938020611/341/34206.003.25380.0000
ODI1084202511/101/1025.007.5020.0000
FC348-19871240223/43-56.363.7490.3-00
List A151-1088121/101/1040.504.5054.0000

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatReferee
Test11
ODI55
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Photos of Sunil Gavaskar

MS Dhoni signs Sunil Gavaskar's shirt
BCCI secretary Jay Shah watches as Sunil Gavaskar hands over the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Rohit Sharma
Sunil Gavaskar presents Cheteshwar Pujara with a cap to mark his 100th Test
Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar are involved in a discussion
Sunil Gavaskar rings the bell to signal start of play in Lucknow
Sunil Gavaskar celebrating the 50th anniversary of his Test debut