Saturday 12 April 2014
Name : Sunil Gavaskar
Full Name : Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Nick Name : Sunny, Little Master
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 10 July 1949
Place Of Birth : Bombay, Bombay State, Dominion of India
height : 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Opening batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand batsman
Bowling Style : Right-arm medium
Test Debut : 6 March 1971 v West Indies
One Day Debut : 13 July 1974 v England
T20 Debut : No
About
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.
Sambit Bal
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