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| Sheriff of Mumbai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1995-1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | I. M. Kadri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Subir Kumar Choudhury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1949 Bombay, Province of Bombay, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sunny, Little Master {one of two Mumbai born cricketers who were given that nickname by the people of India along with Sachin Tendulkar} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 128) | 6 March 1971 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 March 1987 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 4) | 13 July 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 November 1987 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967–1982 | Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: [suniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ]; born 10 July 1949), is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India and Mumbai from 1971 to 1987.[2] Gavaskar is acknowledged as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time.
Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack, widely regarded as the most vicious in Test history. However, most of Gavaskar's centuries against West Indies were against the team when their four-pronged attack were not playing together [3] His captaincy of the Indian team, was considered as one of the first attacking ones, with Indian team winning the 1984 Asia Cup, and the World Championship of Cricket in 1985. At the same time, there were multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, with one coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He is also a former Sheriff of Mumbai.
Gavaskar is a recipient of the Indian sports honour of the Arjuna Award and the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.[4] He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.[5] In 2012, he was awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour BCCI can bestow on a former player.[6][7] Gavaskar is popular called Sunny [1] by his fans and fellow cricket commentators.
- ^ "Rising to great heights". ESPN. 3 May 2011.
Sachin is a smidgeon taller than his predecessor as India's pint-sized batting colossus, Sunil Gavaskar (5ft 4in).
- ^ Das Sharma, Amitabha (15 April 2023). "I denied him a Ranji century: Gavaskar remembers football legend Chuni Goswami". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Growing up with Sunil Gavaskar: Man, Milestone and Myth". Cricket Country. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ Cricinfo (2 January 2009). "ICC and FICA launch Cricket Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "BCCI names Gavaskar for CK Nayudu award". Wisden India. 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Gavaskar conferred with CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.