India’s legendary Little Master Sunil Gavaskar, one of the great batsmen of cricket history, has turned 76 on July 10. Sunil Gavaskar won every major batting record of his era. At the time when there were no helmets, there was not so much protection and one to one dangerous bowler. Gavaskar’s career has more than one achievements.
Most runs in debut
Sunil Gavaskar made his debut against the West Indies from the 1970-71 series. He did not play all the matches of the 5 Test match series, even after that he took the record of scoring the most runs in the debut series. Gavaskar played 4 Tests in his debut series. In this, he scored 774 runs at an average of 154.8. During the series, he scored 4 centuries and 3 half -centuries and his highest score was 220 runs. This record of Gavaskar has not broken till date. In the history of Test cricket, till date no batsman has scored more than 774 runs in his debut series.
Fastest 5000 Test Run
Another record of Sunil Gavaskar has not broken till date. This record is the fastest Indian who scored 5000 Test runs. He played 95 innings of 56 Tests to reach 5000 runs. He is at number four in the list of batsmen who scored the fastest 5000 runs in cricket history.
Batsman who scored 10000 Test runs
Sunil Gavaskar’s height can be gauged from the fact that he was the first batsman to touch 10,000 runs in the Test. He achieved this feat against Pakistan in 1987. His record of the highest Test run remained for a long time. This record was broken by Sachin Tendulkar and after that many batsmen crossed the 10,000 run mark.
The highest Test century against West Indies
Sunil Gavaskar has scored 13 Test centuries against the West Indies, till date no other batsman has scored so many centuries against him. This is the second most figure of centuries imposed by a batsman against a team. Sir Don Bradman scored 19 centuries against England.
The most Test century remained the most for a long time
Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman in Test history to score more than 33 centuries. He scored 10122 runs in 125 Tests which included 34 centuries and 45 half -centuries. His record of the most Test centuries remained for a long time. Now many batsmen from India and other countries are involved.