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Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: [suniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ]; born 10 July 1949), is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India and Mumbai from 1971 to 1987. [2]
Rohan Sunil Gavaskar pronunciation ⓘ (born 20 February 1976) is a former Indian cricketer. He played in 11 One Day Internationals . [ 1 ] He was a middle-order left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler.
The Indian opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar named his son Rohan after Kanhai, [3] and wrote of Kanhai, "To say that he is the greatest batsman I have ever seen so far is, to put it mildly." Bob Holland, the Australian spin bowler, also named his son Rohan, in honour of Kanhai. [4]
Kapil Dev Nikhanj was born in Chandigarh, on 6 January 1959, [14] into a Punjabi Hindu family of Ram Lal Nikhanj, a teak merchant and his wife, Rajkumari. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] His family moved to Fazilka after the partition before eventually moving to Chandigarh .
His father was a fan of cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and wanted to name his own son after Gavaskar's son but mistook Rohan Gavaskar's name for Rahul. [8] His mother tongue is Kannada. [9] Rahul grew up in Mangalore, completing his high school at NITK English Medium School and pre-university at St. Aloysius College. [10]
On 12 March 2022, his autobiography titled 'Wrist Assured' was launched during the opening day of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka in Bangalore. The book was unveiled by his former teammates Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar in a brief ceremony held during the dinner break of the day/night game. [14]
At St Xavier's Shaikh met Roopa, his future wife. Both were active in theatre and were later married after nine years; [12] the couple have two daughters Sanaa and Shaista. His time at St. Xavier's was important for both personal and professional reasons and he made many friends there, including Sunil Gavaskar, who was a contemporary. [13]
Mantri was the uncle of former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar and former India batsman Gundappa Viswanath.Until his death, he lived in Hindu Colony, Dadar, Mumbai, and was the oldest living Indian Test cricketer. He suffered a heart attack on 1 May 2014 and was hospitalized at a private clinic.