New Delhi: Former India captain and legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar turned 75 on Wednesday, July 10. He has played 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India, scoring 35 centuries and 45 half-centuries. Gavaskar scored 10,122 runs with the highest score of an unbeaten 236 in Test Cricket.
In ODIs, he scored 3092 runs with an unbeaten 103 as his highest score. Gavaskar born in Mumbai, represented his team in 348 First-class matches scoring 25,834 runs with 81 hundreds and a triple century.
He made his Test debut against West Indies on March 06, 1971, and played his last Test against Pakistan on March 13, 1987. During his career, he has shown impeccable consistency against some of the most fierce and one of the best bowling attacks of all time.
He dominated fast bowlers like Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Andy Roberts and Michael Holding, along with Australian pacers like Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee with his unassailable defence and perfect technique.
Here are the top 5 knocks of Sunil Gavaskar’s international career:
5) 103* vs New Zealand, 1987, Nagpur
Gavaskar scored his maiden ODI century against New Zealand in the World Cup. He played attacking shots while chasing 222 runs. He scored his century in 88 balls with 10 fours and three sixes. Chetan Sharma also took the World Cup hat-trick in that match.
4) 205 vs West Indies, 1978, Mumbai
Little Master scored 205 runs including 29 fours and 2 sixes against West Indies in Mumbai and helped the team to post 424 runs in the first innings. He also scored 73 runs in the second innings. The match ended in a draw.
3) 221 vs England, 1978, London
Gavaskar scored 221 runs including 21 fours against England in the 4th test and last Test of the series. Chasing the target of 438, He stitched a 213-run partnership for the first wicket with Chetan Chauhan and after that stitched another 153-run partnership with Dilip Vengsarkar for the second wicket. India fell nine runs short of the target but drew the Test match at The Oval.
2) 220 vs West Indies, 1971, Port of Spain
In the last match against West Indies, India needed a draw to win the historic Test series against the Caribbean side. Gavaskar scored 124 runs in the first innings and brilliant 220 runs in the second innings and helped the team clinch the series by 1-0.
1) 236 not out vs West Indies, 1983, Chennai
In the sixth and final match against West Indies in Chennai, Sunil Gavaskar made his highest Test score of 236 runs including 23 fours. He came into bat at number 4 and helped the team to draw the Test match but India lost the series by 3-0.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar celebrates his 75th birthday on Wednesday, July 10. One of the greatest batters of India, here is a look at his top five knocks. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
