Born in Mumbai in a middle class Marathi Family and a student of St Xavier's High School young Sunil Gavaskar … See more

After missing the first Test due to nail infection, Gavaskar scored 65 and 67 not out in the second Test in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, hitting the winning runs which gave India its first-ever win over the West Indies. … See more

Gavaskar was captain of the Indian team on several occasions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, although his record is less than impressive. Often equipped with unpenetrative bowling attacks he tended to use conser… See more

Gavaskar was also a fine slip fielder and his safe catching in the slips helped him become the first Indian (excluding wicket-keepers) to take over a hundred catches in Test matches. In one ODI against Pakistan in Sharjah in … See more

• Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs.
• He held the record for the highest number of test centuries (34) before Sachin Tendulkar went past him in 2005. … See more