Born in Mumbai in a middle class Marathi Family and a student of St Xavier's High School young Sunil Gavaskar was named India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1966 while playing for his school. He scored 246*, … 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. … 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 1985, he took four catches and helped … See more

• Test debut: West Indies v India at Port of Spain, 6–10 March 1971
• Last Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, 13–17 March 1987
• ODI debut: England v India at Leeds, 13 July 1974 See more

First test match win in West Indies
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, … See more

In 1985–86, India toured Australia. All three Tests were drawn. Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 166 in the First Test in Adelaide and 172 in the Third Test in Sydney, ending the … 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 … See more