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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] Gavaskar is acknowledged as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time.
In March 1978, Gundappa Viswanath married Kavita, the sister of teammate Sunil Gavaskar. [11] They have a son named Daivik and live in Bangalore. [12] [13]
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 members of the 1983 squad, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Madan Lal praised the team after watching the premiere of the film. Gavaskar said that "It is simply brilliant and the way every actor has got the mannerisms, the walk, the look, the style of every player was unbelievably uncanny. Full marks to Kabir Khan and his team for their ...
Opening the batting with Sunil Gavaskar, he scored a duck and India lost by 5 wickets. [9] He made his Test debut two days later against England at Bombay. Though he bagged another duck in the first innings and scored just 13 runs in the second innings, India won the match by 138 runs. [10]
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]
He and fellow commentator Sunil Gavaskar ended their long-term associations with ESPN-STAR Sports in April 2008 as they were contracted by the BCCI as commentators for lucrative Indian Premier League which was broadcast by rival network Sony Max. 2008 also held great significance for Shastri as he became the father of Alekha at the age of 46. [28]
A couple of months later, former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar gave Tendulkar a pair of his own lightweight pads and told him to not get disheartened for not receiving the Bombay Cricket Association's Best Junior Cricketer Award. Of this experience, Tendulkar later said, "It was the greatest source of encouragement for me".