Sunil Gavaskar, the ‘Little Master’ of Indian cricket, is celebrating his 76th birthday on July 10. He is one of the greatest batsmen in the world. The former captain played many great and great innings at that time. At that time, fast bowlers used to dominate the cricket field. But still the bowlers had to throw their full strength to dismiss Sunil Gavaskar. So let’s know about some interesting things related to Sunil Gavaskar’s life on the occasion of his birthday …
Birth and family
Sunil Gavaskar was born on 10 July 1949 in Mumbai. Many family members came to meet him after birth. Which also included his Kaka. Kaka saw a birthmark near Gavaskar’s ear. But when he reached Kaka Hospital the next day, the child he picked up did not have that mark on his ear. On this, Kaka got upset and created a ruckus. The children of the entire hospital were then checked and Gavaskar met the fisherman’s wife.
Actually, the nurse accidentally gave him to the fisherman’s wife. Children changed at the time of bathing the children. If Kaka had not paid attention, it would have been that Gavaskar would have been a fisherman. Gavaskar became the hero of that era of cricket, when the Indian cricket team was not like a glow as today. Sunil Gavaskar did the work of giving a new wave to cricket in the country.
Best cricketer
Sunil Gavaskar had made his mark as a good cricketer since his studies. In 1966, he received the ‘Best School Boy’ award. In the last two years of secondary education, two consecutive double centuries were attracted to everyone. In 1966, he made his debut with the Ranji match. Playing with Karnataka in the Ranji match, he scored a double century and impressed the selectors. He was selected for the team for the West Indies tour for the 1971 tour.
At the same time, by scoring a century in the third innings of debut, Gavaskar had expressed that he is a long race horse. He fought the dangerous bowlers of the West Indies without a helmet in the final match at Queens Park Oval and scored two centuries in both innings of the match. During this, 774 runs against West Indies in the debut series.
Cricket education received from family
Mother Meenal along with father Manohar Gavaskar also contributed significantly in shaping Gavaskar’s cricket career. He used to play with tennis balls in childhood and his mother bowled. Later, this star of India shone so much that he had no match. Gavaskar was such a batsman who lost the sweat of the bowlers in dismissing.
There is a relationship with controversies
Sunil Gavaskar is often in discussion due to his fair statement. But in 1981, his fellow player was also dropped from the field when he was dismissed by the umpire in Melbourne. He also faced criticism on Harbhajan Singh’s statement of Monkeygate. There are many other cases, due to which Gavaskar has been in controversy.