Woh pyaari yadein : India tour of West Indies - 1971

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During one of his tons on the 1970-71 tour to WI, he has developed toothache due to a cavity and the team manager told him to suck it up and not go to a dentist fearing he would be drowsy from painkillers. So the poor chap had to endure a sleepness night and next day he scored the ton. He wrote in his book Sunny Days that playing with pain helped him focus more. After the tour was over, he flew to US to get his cavity filled and then flew back home.

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5 hours ago, maniac said:

What does innings that have to do with his personal dedication ? Kohli has made some brain dead decisions too but doesn’t mean his work ethic is any less.

 

These days people have guys analyzing a thousand things for betterment of a player but giving up  things like social interaction in bars and pubs in overseas trips away from family ( I am not talking just about the booze but just hanging out)  because of the cigarette smoke or not reading books in days of no cell phones and internet may not seem much now but it does take a lot of dedication if you put it in context . His colleagues have said they were in awe of how seriously he took his craft.  Remember eye sight was super important to play fast bowling in days of no helmet and other safety gear. No wonder batsmen get hit so often these days as they spend so much time on phones and computers that their eye sight must suck.
 

No one disputes Gavaskar’s legacy as a batsman for that era. He is one of the greatest of all time for a reason

Dedication goes to paani mein when you deliberately put your team in trouble in a world cup game to take revenge for not being made the captain. Gavaskar was an advanced batsman but he was far from being the person sacrificing his comfort zone for greater good.