Sunil Gavaskar

The former Indian cricketer Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, popularly known as Sunil Gavaskar is celebrating his 64th birthday. Also titled as 'The Little Master', he is known as one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of world cricket. Sunil Gavaskar was born on 10 July 1949 in Bombay to a Goud Saraswat Brahmin family. From the school itself, he started playing cricket and received the title of India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1966. His debut in Ranji Trophy occurred in 1968/69 against Karnataka and next against Rajasthan, where he scored 114 runs and made three consecutive centuries in the tournament.





Sunil Gavaskar was born under the Cancer Moon Sign. People born under this sign are normally emotional, sensitive, quick witted and enthusiastic, and so is this cricketer. He has huge mood swings and his emotions run high. He communicates his ideas with cheerfulness and optimism. Coming to the Free Horoscope, the year will be good for the cricketer in terms of finance and career. But health wise, he or his family members might face some minor problems and some domestic issues will keep him busy and occupied.


Gavaskar's debut in Test Cricket was in a match against the mighty West Indies in 1971. He scored a magnificent hundred (132) and that was a remarkable as well as unforgettable innings, because it was India's first win over the West Indies. India had its first series win over West Indies where, in the fifth match he made centuries in consecutive innings of a test match by scoring 124 and 220 runs in both the innings. In 1974, Sunil Gavaskar made his debut in One Day international Cricket against England. In that match, he made a score of 28 runs out of 35 balls. Later, he became the Captain of the Indian Cricket team in late 1970s and early 1980s. But as a captain, his tenure was not much impressive as the team lost 8 Test matches, 30 were drawn and only 9 were won. And under his captaincy, 37 ODI matches were played by India of which, 21 were lost, 14 were won and no result was declared of the remaining two.


The Little Master played his last test match in 1987 against Pakistan, scoring 21 and 96 runs in 1st and 2nd innings, respectively. His last ODI match was against England in the same year where he made just 4 runs. But his overall performance in Cricket was immensely impressive with a total of 125 Test matches scoring 10122 runs including 32 centuries and 45 half centuries. He played total 108 ODI matches scoring 3092 runs including 1 century and 27 half centuries. His highest score in Test matches is 236 and in ODIs it is 103 runs. Besides, earning a good name and rapport in the world of Cricket, he was also bestowed with various awards and honors like Padma Bhushan and as the honorary Sheriff of Mumbai in 1994.





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