Sunil Gavaskar Profile

Birth Name : Sunil Manohar Gavaskar

Date of birth : 10/07/1949

Place of birth : Bombay, Bombay State, India

Category : Cricket

Sunil Gavaskar is a former cricketer played in 1970s and 1980s. He is the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history. Gavaskar was born on July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Bombay State, India. He is married ... Read More

Sunil Gavaskar Profile

Actual Name: Sunil Manohar Gavaskar

Name: Sunil Gavaskar

Nickname: Sunny, Little Master

Birth Date: July 10, 1949

Birth Place: Bombay, Bombay State, India

Father: Manohar Gavaskar

Spouse: Marshneill Gavaskar

Children: Rohan Gavaskar

Batting style: Right Hand Bat

Bowling style: Right Arm Medium

Role: Opening batsman

Major Team: India, Mumbai, Somerset

Test Debut: India v West Indies at Port-of-Spain, 2nd Test, 1970/71

ODI Debut: India v England at Leeds, Prudential Trophy, 1974

Last Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, 5th Test, 1986/87

Last ODI: India v England at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88

Achievements

First player to score more than 10,000 runs in Tests

One of the only two players to score centuries in each innings, three times

Highest number of runs in a debut series by an Indian (774 against West Indies)

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980

He was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in India in 2012

Awarded Padma Bhushan

Career Statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	125	108	348	151
Runs scored	10122	3092	25834	4594
Batting average	51.12	35.13	51.46	36.17
100s/50s	34/45	1/27	81/105	5/37
Top score	236*	103*	340	123
Balls bowled	380	20	1953	108
Wickets	1	1	22	2
Bowling average	206.00	25.00	56.36	40.50
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/34	1/10	3/43	1/10
Catches/stumpings	108/–	22/–	293/–	37/–