DTVHINDIOn this day in 1949, legendary player Sunil Gavaskar was born in Mumbai
Sunil Gavaskar played international cricket for 16 years and scored 10122 runs in 125 Test matches at an average of 51.12. Sunil Gavaskar (Photo Source: Twitter) 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. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
5 cricketers whose teammates were born after their debut
Today we will tell you about five such cricketers whose team was born after their international debut but both of them played some matches together. Mohammed Shami and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) There are many cricketers around the world who have a huge fan following and till now they have performed tremendously for their respective national teams and have played an important role in the victory of their team. There are some players who made their debut for their respective teams long ago. When Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut for India, there were many players who were not even born. However, when Sachin Tendulkar was in the last stages of his international cricket, some of these players shared the dressing room with him and gained a lot of experience from him. Today we will tell you about five such cricketers whose team was born after their international debut but both of them played some matches together. 5- Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Indian team’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar played his last two Tests, the 199th and 200th Test, against West Indies in 2013. He played 200 test matches in his cricketing career in which Sachin Tendulkar scored 15921 runs with the help of 51 centuries. Not only this, Sachin Tendulkar has scored 18426 runs in 463 ODIs with the help of 49 centuries. He has a total of 100 centuries in his name in international cricket. However, in the first test match of this series, Mohammed Shami made his test debut and took 5 wickets in the very first match. Whereas Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for India in November 1989 and Shami was born in September 1990. However, both these players played together in Sachin’s last test match.
