Guwahati: Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, also known as Sunny and Little Master, is a legendary figure in Indian cricket. He turned 73 on Sunday. During his famous career, which lasted from 1971 to 1987, the batter played for India.
Gavaskar, a member of the Indian team that won the World Cup in 1983, has a number of records for the game’s longest format. In Test cricket, he formerly held the record for the most hundreds.
Gavaskar amassed more than 10,000 runs in Test matches, including 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries. Let’s review a few of the incredible records he established in the game today on his birthday.
In March 1987, Sunil Gavaskar accomplished a remarkable accomplishment by becoming the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in a Test match. In tests, he amassed a total of 10,122 runs.
He scored 34 centuries in 125 Test matches, which for a very long time was the most ever in a single Test. Sachin Tendulkar alone managed to break it in 2005.
In 27 games against the then-dominant West Indies, Gavaskar recorded 13 hundreds. The Little Master made the Windies his favourite foes at a period when everyone dreaded battling them.
Gavaskar made 774 runs against the West Indies in his first series in 1971. In the same series, he also struck a double century in opposition against them.
Gavaskar wasn’t just a great batter; he was also a skilled fielder. He became the first Indian fielder to record a century of catches in a Test match, excluding wicket keepers. In total, he has 108 catches from Test matches.