NEW DELHI: The primary cricketer ever to attain 10,000 runs in Check cricket, Sunil Gavaskar is among the greats in Indian cricket.
The little grasp had an illustrious profession spanning 16 years the place he featured in 125 Checks for the nation.
Gavaskar, who was predominantly a Check participant, was additionally a part of 108 ODIs the place he scored 3092 runs.
Nevertheless he didn’t have the most effective of occasions within the format, scoring a solitary century.
One such event when Gavaskar — the ODI batter — garnered criticism was through the 1975 World Cup match in opposition to England at Lord’s Cricket Floor.
It was the primary match of the first-ever World Cup and Gavaskar performed the notorious innings of 36 runs off 174 balls — a efficiency which is remembered for its unusually sluggish tempo and contributing to India’s heavy defeat by 202 runs.
In that match, England, led by Mike Denness, batted first and scored 334 runs in 60 overs. Dennis Amiss was the standout performer firing a 147-ball 137 which had 18 fours in it. Keith Fletcher and Chris Outdated additionally contributed with beneficial half-centuries within the contest.
The Indian crew, anticipated to chase the whole aggressively, as a substitute struggled.
Seeing that India had no likelihood of chasing the goal, opener Gavaskar batted extraordinarily slowly and remained unbeaten all through 60 overs.
The Gavaskar knock which got here at a strike-rate of 20.68 pissed off his coach and captain as India completed at 132 for three of their 60 overs.
The India loss within the match remained the most important one-day defeat till the 1984-85 season.
Regardless of his uncommon knock, Gavaskar was India’s high scorer within the 1975 World Cup, amassing 113 runs at a mean of 113, along with his highest rating 65 not out.
The little grasp had an illustrious profession spanning 16 years the place he featured in 125 Checks for the nation.
Gavaskar, who was predominantly a Check participant, was additionally a part of 108 ODIs the place he scored 3092 runs.
Nevertheless he didn’t have the most effective of occasions within the format, scoring a solitary century.
One such event when Gavaskar — the ODI batter — garnered criticism was through the 1975 World Cup match in opposition to England at Lord’s Cricket Floor.
It was the primary match of the first-ever World Cup and Gavaskar performed the notorious innings of 36 runs off 174 balls — a efficiency which is remembered for its unusually sluggish tempo and contributing to India’s heavy defeat by 202 runs.
In that match, England, led by Mike Denness, batted first and scored 334 runs in 60 overs. Dennis Amiss was the standout performer firing a 147-ball 137 which had 18 fours in it. Keith Fletcher and Chris Outdated additionally contributed with beneficial half-centuries within the contest.
The Indian crew, anticipated to chase the whole aggressively, as a substitute struggled.
Seeing that India had no likelihood of chasing the goal, opener Gavaskar batted extraordinarily slowly and remained unbeaten all through 60 overs.
The Gavaskar knock which got here at a strike-rate of 20.68 pissed off his coach and captain as India completed at 132 for three of their 60 overs.
The India loss within the match remained the most important one-day defeat till the 1984-85 season.
Regardless of his uncommon knock, Gavaskar was India’s high scorer within the 1975 World Cup, amassing 113 runs at a mean of 113, along with his highest rating 65 not out.
