On this day, i.e. 10 July 1949, Indian team’s legendary player Sunil Gavaskar was born to Manohar and Meenal in Mumbai. Today, i.e. on 10 July, Sunil Gavaskar is celebrating his 75th birthday. Sunil Gavaskar made his international debut against West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval in March 1971.

Sunil Gavaskar missed the first test match but in this series he scored 774 runs in eight innings at an average of 154.80. Sunil Gavaskar batted explosively in this entire series and won the hearts of many fans. The most special thing about this series was that no team could play the West Indies fast bowling attack of that time.
It was not so easy for the West Indies but Sunil Gavaskar consistently attacked all these bowlers and put pressure on the West Indies bowlers.

Sunil Gavaskar played international cricket for 16 years and scored 10,122 runs in 125 Test matches at an average of 51.12. Not only this, he scored 3,092 runs in 108 ODI matches at an average of over 35. Sunil Gavaskar has 45 half-centuries and 34 centuries in the Test format. His record was later broken by Sachin. Talking about ODIs, the best batsman has 27 half-centuries and one century.

Not only this, Sunil Gavaskar also captained the Indian team in the 1980s. However, his record in captaincy is not so good. Under the captaincy of Sunil Gavaskar, the team won 9 matches while the team had to face defeat in eight. 30 matches ended in a draw.

Sunil Gavaskar played his last match for India in the 1987 World Cup

Let us tell you, Sunil Gavaskar played his last match for India in the 1987 World Cup. In this important tournament, he scored 300 runs at an average of 50. In his last match, Sunil Gavaskar was out on four runs in the semi-finals. He is still considered one of the best batsmen in the world.

After retiring from cricket, Sunil Gavaskar is now also seen doing commentary and he has left his mark in this work as well. There are many players who consider Sunil Gavaskar as their idol.