Sunil gavaskar birthday special: Sunil Gavaskar is one of the most successful players in Indian cricket history. He was the best batsman of his time and the biggest star of Indian cricket. Today is the 76th birthday of Gavaskar. He was born on 10 July 1949 in Mumbai. Sunil has set many big records in his historical career. Let’s look at his 5 big records.

1. Players to score 10 thousand runs in Test cricket

Sunil Gavaskar is counted among the legendary Test cricket batsmen. He was the biggest Indian player in his time. Gavaskar is the first player in history to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Nobody could do this feat before him. Little Master made this record during the match against Pakistan in March 1987.

2. The highest run in debut test series

Test cricket started for Sunil Gavaskar. He made his debut in the 5-match series against the West Indies in 1970–71. He played 4 matches here and scored a total of 774 runs. Meanwhile, his average was 154.80. He scored 3 half -centuries and a total of 4 centuries in his first series, where his highest score was 220 runs. Despite so many years, no one has been able to score so much runs in their debut Test series.

3. The first Indian to take 100 catches as a fielder in Test

Sunil Gavaskar used to do wonders not only with the bat, but also with his fielding. He was one of the best and safe fielders in India. He was the first player to take 100 catches for India in Test cricket. Later several other fielders came, who overtook Sunil in terms of taking catch. However, he first scored a century for India in terms of catch.

4. Indian players who scored the fastest 5 thousand Test runs

Sunil Gavaskar was a superstar of Indian cricket. His name is the record for crossing the fastest 5 thousand runs in the Test. No Indian cricketer has been able to get ahead of him in this matter so far. If the entire Test cricket is seen, Don Bradman is at number one and Gavaskar’s number comes fourth in that list.

5. The highest century against West Indies

The West Indies used to be the most dangerous team at one time. He was very afraid in the 70s and 80s. Even big batsmen could not stand in front of West Indies bowling. However, Sunil Gavaskar loved playing against him. Sunil holds the record for scoring the most centuries against the West Indies. He crossed the 100 mark in the total of 13 times in the Test against this dangerous team. So far no batsman has been able to get ahead of him in so far.

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