Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar was at one time the world's top batsman.
Sunil Gavaskar, the 'little master' of cricket, was
born on 10th July 1949, in Mumbai. As an opening batsman, Gavaskar has
been the home burn o
f the aggressive bowling of the opponent teams.
He has scored more than 10,000 runs with 34 centuries, the highest by
any batsman. Sunil Gavaskar is the only cricket player in the world who
has scored 100 runs in a single cricket year thrice. Sunil Gavaskar has
proved himself as a good skipper and
Indian team made such notable achievements under his leadership by
winning the 'Asian Cup' and the 'Benson and Hedges World Cup'
tournament. He played 125 test matches.
Gavaskar started his test life in 1971, during Indian team's tour to
West Indies. He is the only Indian batsman with the highest scre for
India. In 1975, he received the 'Arjuna' award and in 1980, he was
honoured with 'Padma Bhushan'. In 1980, he was also honoured by 'Wisden'.
Gavaskar is also a writer of popular books on cricket such as Sunny
Days, Idols, Runs and Ruins and One Day Wonders.