Name(s) |
Sunil Manohar
Gavaskar - popularly called SUNIL GAVASKAR
- Nickname: SUNNY |
Date of
Birth |
July 10, 1949
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
Identity |
Indian Former
Cricketer |
Date-wise Events / Works |
- March 06, 1971: He made his
test match debut on this day; against West Indies.
- April 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.
- July 13, 1974: He made his
ODI match debut on this day; against England.
- December 28, 1983: He
scored the highest score in test cricket and surpassed the
record of Sir Donald Bradman of Australia of 29 centuries in
test matches, when he reached his century at the 6th test
against West Indies at Madras, India.
- March 07, 1987:
He scored his 10,000th run in a test
against Pakistan at Ahmedabad, there
by becoming the first cricketer to
reach this landmark.
- March 13, 1987: He played
his last test match on this day; against Pakistan.
- November 05, 1987: He
played his last ODI match on this day; against England.
- July 15, 2016:
His record of most runs (9,607 runs) as a test match
opener was broken by England Captain Alastair
Cook while making 81 against Pakistan at Lord's on this
day against Pakistan.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- Widely regarded as one of the
greatest opening batsmen
in cricket history.
- 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 was captain of the
Indian team on several
occasions in the late 1970s and
early 1980s.
- 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.
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Awards
and Accolades |
- 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.
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Commemorations |
- The Border-Gavaskar
Trophy has been instituted
in his their honour.
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Other |
His son Rohan was also
a cricketer who played for Bengal in the
Ranji Trophy. Rohan played some One Day
Internationals for India, but could not
make a permanent place for him in the
Indian team. |
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