Sunil Gavaskar

India

Player profile

Full name Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Born July 10, 1949, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 58 years 215 days
Major teams India, Mumbai, Somerset
Also known as Sunny
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
Other Referee
Height 5 ft 5 in
Education St Xavier's College; Bombay University
Relations Uncle - MK Mantri, Son - RS Gavaskar

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 125 214 16 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 26 108 0
ODIs 108 102 14 3092 103* 35.13 4966 62.26 1 27 22 0
First- 348 563 61 25834 340 51.46 81 105 293 0
class
List A 151 144 17 4594 123 36.17 5 37 37 0

Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 125 29 380 206 1 1/34 1/34 206.00 3.25 380.0 0 0
ODIs 108 4 20 25 1 1/10 1/10 25.00 7.50 20.0 0 0
First-class 348 1987 1240 22 3/43 56.36 3.74 90.3 0 0
List A 151 108 81 2 1/10 1/10 40.50 4.50 54.0 0 0

Career statistics Test debut West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Mar 6-10, 1971 scorecard
Last Test India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Mar 13-17, 1987 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut England v India at Leeds, Jul 13, 1974 scorecard
Last ODI India v England at Mumbai, Nov 5, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span 1966/67 - 1987
List A span 1973/74 - 1987/88

ICC match referee statistics Only Test West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 19-24, 1994 scorecard
Test matches 1
Test statistics
ODI debut West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Feb 16, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 6, 1994 scorecard
ODI matches 5
ODI statistics

Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980

Profile

Sunil Gavaskar was one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time, and certainly the most successful. His game was built around a near perfect technique and enormous powers of concentration. It is hard to visualise a more beautiful defence: virtually unbreachable, it made his wicket among the hardest to earn. He played with equal felicity off both front and back foot, had an excellent judgement of length and line and was beautifully balanced. He had virtually every stroke in the book but traded flair for the solidity his side needed more. His record for the highest number of Test hundreds was recently overtaken by Sachin Tendulkar, but statistics alone don't reveal Gavaskar's true value to India. He earned respect for Indian cricket and he taught his team-mates the virtue of professionalism. The self-actualisation of Indian cricket began under him.