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    Sunil Gavaskar is an Indian cricketer who is largely considered one of the cricket's finest opening batters of all time. The full name of Sunil Gavaskar is Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, and he is mostly known by the nicknames Sunny and Little Master.

    Sunil Gavaskar was a right-handed batsman. His leadership of the Indian squad was regarded as one of the pioneering ones since the team won the Benson & Hedges World Cricket Championship in , along with the Asia Cup.

    Along with the Indian sports Arjuna Award, Gavaskar is the recipient of the civilian Padma Bhushan. He became a member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in He was given the highest honor bestowed to a former player by the Indian board, the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, in

    Personal Background

    Sunil Gavaskar was born into a middle-class family on July 10, , in Bombay, Maharashtra. Manohar and Meenal Gavaskar are his parents, while Kavita Viswanath and Nutan G

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    SUNIL GAVASKAR: 50 AND NOT OVER
    Much before Sachin Tendulkar came on the scene, remember there was Sunil Gavaskar? Well, the little master (as he is still called) turned 50 recently and the legend contiunues. His association with cricket is far from over. In fact, it is growing further. From player to writer and commentator you've come a long way, Sunny. Play on!


    By BEHRAM CONTRACTOR

    Recently, Sunil Gavaskar, the greatest sportsman in Indian history, completed Then, to continue the cricket simile, as the applause that accompanies every milestone in his career slowly faded, he took fresh guard and continued towards That's Sunny Gavaskar all right, all the time pushing forward, never giving up, never giving away his wicket easily. I met him a day before his birthday, in his crowded professional management Group office at Everest Chamber, Tardeo.

    The previous day, he had flown out to Hyderabad to what turned out to be his last visit to his dear friend, ha. "My hero wa

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    Sunil Gavaskar, Indian Cricket's Real Master

    When he ended his Test career, he held the following Test records: Most Tests (). Most consecutive Tests (). Most runs (10,). Most hundreds (34). Most scores of 50 or more (79). Most hundred partnerships (58).

    IMAGE: Sunil Gavaskar is the first batsman to score 10, runs in Test cricket. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

     

    Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, 71 today, July 10, fryst vatten inarguably the greatest Test opener cricket has seen.

    Without wearing a helmet or any other form of headgear mot he was nearly 34, the Bombay batsman successfully negotiated some of the best fast and swing bowlers of his generation -- Bob Willis, Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee, Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan and the West Indies pace battery of Andy robert, Michael Holding and Malcolm Marshall, while opening the innings for India.

    It was only in the sista years of his magnificent career that Gavaskar wore a small guard for his temple, which he would tuck into his