Khalpat Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 http://www.criclife.com/lists/chronicles/sunil-gavaskar-11-incredible-stats-that-speaks-volumes-for-the-batting-genius-of-the-little-master-39854 1. Sunil Gavaskar is the first of the two batsmen to score a hundred and a double hundred in a single Test of a debut series. Lawrence Rowe later emulated Gavaskar’s feat. Only five other batsmen have achieved the feat in a non-debut Test series. 2. Sunil Gavaskar’s 220 at age 21 years and 277 days against the West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval in 1971 made him the youngest double centurion in an overseas Test. He broke the earlier record of Don Bradman, who was 21 years and 304 days when he scored 254 against England in 1930. 3. Sunil Gavaskar holds the record for the most runs scored in a debut Test series. He scored 774 in just four Tests against the West Indies in 1971. George Headley is the only other batsman to score over 700 runs in a debut Test series. 4. Sunil Gavaskar is the first of two batsmen to score centuries in each innings of a Test thrice— Ricky Ponting is the other. But unlike Ponting, one of Gavaskar’s twin hundreds in a Test was double century. 5. Sunil Gavaskar is the first batsman to score 1000 runs or more in a calendar year on four occasions. Since then, Sachin Tendulkar has crossed the four-figure mark in six calendar years, while Brian Lara, Matthew Hayden, Jacques Kallis and Ponting have achieved the feat in five calendar years each. 6. Sunil Gavaskar is the first batsman to twice score three hundreds in successive innings. Subsequently, Aravinda de Silva equaled that mark and Kumar Sangakkara went one better. 7. Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 against England at The Oval is the highest fourth innings score by a visiting player anywhere in Test history. He fell three short of breaking Headley’s 1930 Test highest fourth innings score — home and away. Since then, Nathan Astle scored 222 against England in 2002. 8. Sunil Gavaskar is the first of the three Indians to carry his bat through an innings when he stood defiantly scoring 127 against a rampaging Imran Khan, supported by Sarfraz Nawaz, Sikander Bakht and Abdul Qadir. Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid later accomplished the feat against Sri Lanka and England respectively. 9. Sunil Gavaskar is the first batsman in Test history to score 30 hundreds. He scored 34 in all, which is has since been bettered only by five batsmen — Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ponting, Dravid and Sangakkara. 10. Sunil Gavaskar remains the first and only batsman to have scored double-hundreds in the first, second, third, and fourth innings of Tests. 11. Sunil Gavaskar is the first batsman in Test history cross 10,000 runs. Gavaskar’s run-tally is still the 11th highest in Tests. :hatsoff:
Malcolm Merlyn Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Best opener ever!Hutton and Hobbs can eat their heart out.
Gollum Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 The greatest opening batsman of all time and in my mind our greatest batsman of all time in tests. Overall Sachin is better because of his ODI and WC exploits.
mishra Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 0V2UUuKcIeA Gavaskar the little matser/wall/real master against towering windies
mishra Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Very few (I think no one actually) got respect of those Windies. It was Gavaskar The real master Just like a wall We couldn't out Gavaskar at all Not at all You know the West Indies couldn't out Gavaskar at all. Courtesy http://andynarell.net/calypso/lyrics/1gav.html
sscomp32 Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 :hatsoff: Guys watch EPIC channel now if you get it. There is a new show on cricket "Mid Wicket Tales" , today they feature Gavaskar. Awesome Show. :two_thumbs_up: They will repeat tomorrow 3 PM IST.
gakgupta Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Haven't seen him batting...so can't really comment.... First things which come to my mind when i hear sunil gavaskar 1) Selfish...and plays for stats ....which kind of set wrong example for his younger generation.....probably we had players like sanjay manjeraker who follwed him 2) Egoistic and keep his agenda ahead of team......My father told me that he played whole 50 or 60 overs and scored only 30+ runs...since he had a rift with Captain kapil Dev and much more..... this is the impression which i got ....hearing from people around me.....
Raghav_12 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Haven't seen him batting...so can't really comment.... First things which come to my mind when i hear sunil gavaskar 1) Selfish...and plays for stats ....which kind of set wrong example for his younger generation.....probably we had players like sanjay manjeraker who follwed him 2) Egoistic and keep his agenda ahead of team......My father told me that he played whole 50 or 60 overs and scored only 30+ runs...since he had a rift with Captain kapil Dev and much more..... this is the impression which i got ....hearing from people around me..... That means you are surrounded by some not really brilliant people.
Khalpat Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 Haven't seen him batting...so can't really comment.... First things which come to my mind when i hear sunil gavaskar 1) Selfish...and plays for stats ....which kind of set wrong example for his younger generation.....probably we had players like sanjay manjeraker who follwed him 2) Egoistic and keep his agenda ahead of team......My father told me that he played whole 50 or 60 overs and scored only 30+ runs...since he had a rift with Captain kapil Dev and much more..... this is the impression which i got ....hearing from people around me..... I am not a big fan of judging an artist, professional, sportsperson, politicians etc on the basis of their personal qualities. Yes, they are in public domain but judge a batsman on the basis of his techniques, foot work , the way he played spinners, pace bowlers, compare with the contemporaries etc. What happens in dressing room or is the person in real life selfish or not can be only speculated and a good discussion point for people who have no idea how this game is played. How he played Imran Khan or Marshall is the only thing we can be sure about. BTW a selfish person would not risk his life during Mumbai riots to save a Muslim family from Hindu Fanatics.
gakgupta Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 I am not a big fan of judging an artist, professional, sportsperson, politicians etc on the basis of their personal qualities. Yes, they are in public domain but judge a batsman on the basis of his techniques, foot work , the way he played spinners, pace bowlers, compare with the contemporaries etc. What happens in dressing room or is the person in real life selfish or not can be only speculated and a good discussion point for people who have no idea how this game is played. How he played Imran Khan or Marshall is the only thing we can be sure about. Don't get offended .....I havent seen him in action....so don't have the kind of respect you have...... BTW...is the story true that he played all the overs for just 30+ runs in a one day match
Khalpat Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 Yes that's true. But just give a moment to think it was the second ODI which India was playing. Just second somebody please correct me if I am wrong , players were new to this whole concept. If you look at the batting card of that match, it was not as if others were playing any better. Gavaskar was criticised because he stayed not out till the end. He was slowest in second match of his carrier but by the time he retired , he hit the fastest century by an Indian. We can give benefit of doubt to him for the match were he scored 36 after playing 60 overs.
singhprakash72 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 People here are judging a player from a time period when they were not even born...always try to keep things in perspective...when SG faced thunderbolts of WI battery,Thompson, Lille, Snow, Pascoe, Imran khan etc opening bowlers for India were Solkar and Abid Ali !....in fact for most part of 70s Madan Lal was India's only premier fast bowler ! I was never his fan but I would not talk trash about him just because in his time and era very few Indian cricketers were considered world class and he was one of them.
mishra Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Haven't seen him batting...so can't really comment.... First things which come to my mind when i hear sunil gavaskar 1) Selfish...and plays for stats ....which kind of set wrong example for his younger generation.....probably we had players like sanjay manjeraker who follwed him 2) Egoistic and keep his agenda ahead of team......My father told me that he played whole 50 or 60 overs and scored only 30+ runs...since he had a rift with Captain kapil Dev and much more..... this is the impression which i got ....hearing from people around me..... At later part of his career, Kapil Dev became a bigger star to the crowd. There must be some jealosy and team politics but Bong crowd and Eden took it to next level by not just booing Gavaskar but apparently threw stuff at Gavaskar's wife.They put undue pressure on him each time he went to bat. I remember and believed people blaming Gavaskar for intentionally loosing world cup semifinal so that he don't have to face Eden crowd in finals. But a older me now knows that actually Gooch won it for England. I wouldn't judge a player based on conspiracy theory and one off incidents. If anything, just like Gatting, Gavaskar went on to apologise to Shakoor Rana. Tells a lot about cricket controversies and umpiring decisions at the time But these are one off incident and i am sure you are reasonable enough to grasp that
Marut Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Haven't seen him batting...so can't really comment.... First things which come to my mind when i hear sunil gavaskar 1) Selfish...and plays for stats ....which kind of set wrong example for his younger generation.....probably we had players like sanjay manjeraker who follwed him 2) Egoistic and keep his agenda ahead of team......My father told me that he played whole 50 or 60 overs and scored only 30+ runs...since he had a rift with Captain kapil Dev and much more..... this is the impression which i got ....hearing from people around me..... For his era, Gavaskar played pretty fast. Gavaskar had a wide range of strokes and it was difficult to keep him quiet. Gavaskar always punished the bad balls. Those who claim that Gavaskar was a tuk tuk and played for his stats haven't seen Gavaskar bat.
Marut Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 The only minor technical weakness Gavaskar had was against bouncers on surfaces with uneven bounce. His short stature made it difficult to negotiate these kind of deliveries because Gavaskar rarely played the hook/pull shot and was sometimes caught in a double mind whether to leave or hit the bouncer.
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