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His record for the highest number of Test hundreds was overtaken by Sachin Tendulkar, but statistics alone don't reveal Gavaskar's true value to India.
Jul 3, 2014 · March 17, 1987: Sunil Gavaskar scores a monumental innings – arguably his greatest effort in Tests – in what was his final appearance for India. But the sheen of his epic knock is robbed by...
He knocked out the last of his naysayers with a hundred and a double-hundred in the first and second innings of the final Test match in Port of Spain. Gavaskar became only the second batsmen...
In 1986–87, Gavaskar's final season in Test cricket, India faced a long season of eleven home Tests. Against an Australian team, Gavaskar made 90 in the second innings of the First Test in Madras (now Chennai), giving India a chance to reach the target of 348, which ended in a tie.
Jul 10, 2023 · In what was considered as a minefield of a pitch in Bangalore, Sunil Gavaskar scored 96 off 264 balls against Pakistan in 1987 in the fourth innings. However, Pakistan had eventually won by...
Mar 21, 2010 · Hook-filled and Bradmanesque. Sunil Gavaskar's 29th Test century came against two of the most ferocious quicks of all time. Pradeep Magazine. 21-Mar-2010. Gavaskar: a blend of elegance...
Sep 19, 2010 · He scored four centuries in the 18 Tests he played against Imran - including in each innings of the Karachi Test in 1978, and a memorable unbeaten 127, when he carried the bat through the...
Mar 17, 2020 · Sunil Gavaskar - on his final day (March 17, 1987) as India's Test cricketer - waged a lone, and ultimately unsuccessful, battle as India required 221 runs for victory against Pakistan at the...
Find out the complete career stats of Sunil Gavaskar including matches, innings, runs, average, half centuries, centuries, 4s/6s, wickets, and more.
Making his Test debut against the West Indies in March 1971, Gavaskar scored his first century in the third Test of the same series. In the final Test at Port of Spain he scored centuries in both innings of the match with scores of 124 and 220, becoming the second Indian player to perform the feat. [12]
