SUNIL GAVASKAR April 19, 1971 - He scored a century and a double century in the same test match (thereby becoming the second cricketer after Doug Walters of Australia) Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, popularly known as Sunil Gavaskar (Nickname: SUNNY) Born: July 10, 1949 – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history. His son Rohan was also a cricketer who played for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy.  He set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005. As a young boy, he was named India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He is the first batsman to score 10,000 runs. He was captain of the Indian team on several occasions in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Apr-19, 1971 - On this day, he scored a century and a double century in the same test match, thereby becoming the second after Australian Doug Walters to do so. He was the first Indian (excluding wicket-keepers) to take over a hundred catches in Test matches. He is the only Cricketer to have scored centuries in each innings of a Test thrice. 2012 – he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in India. He is also a recipient of Padma Bhushan from the Govt. of India. In December 1994 he was appointed the Sheriff of Mumbai, an honorary post, for a year. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been instituted in his their honour. Click on the following links to see further details: PROFILE     CROSSWORD     QUIZ     VIDEOS