India performed 47 Test matches underneath Sunil Gavaskar. Winning simply 8 and drawing 30 Tests underneath him.
The Mumbai batsman went on to characterize India in 125 Tests, scoring 10122 runs at a mean of 51.12. He has scored 34 Test centuries and 45 fifties.
India legend Sunil Gavaskar made his Test debut in opposition to West Indies precisely 51 years in the past on this present day. ‘The Little Master’ went on to play for 16 years and is broadly seen as one of many best batsmen in Test cricket historical past. The Mumbai batsman went on to characterize India in 125 Tests, scoring 10122 runs at a mean of 51.12. He has scored 34 Test centuries and 45 fifties. Gavaskar additionally scored 3092 runs from 108 One-Day Internationals, averaging 35.13.
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Last 12 months after he accomplished 50 years of Test debut, Gavaskar recalled how it’s he felt when he was introduced together with his India cap and blazer. “I can’t nonetheless imagine 50 years have gone previous. It nearly appears like yesterday. Every college child’s dream is to play for India. That was my dream as properly,” Sunil Gavaskar informed Star Sports.
“I was given the India cap along with the blazer as well as the sweaters before the start of the tour. I had kept that cap in my kit bag, I was determined not to use it till I actually played for India. To put it on Day 1 was just an amazing, amazing feeling,” Gavaskar added.
Gavaskar has continued to serve the sport submit his retirement in numerous roles aside from commentating, at one level serving because the chairman of the ICC cricket committee and even the interim BCCI president.
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