Sir Donald Bradman used to be as quickly as in reality the biggest and biggest batsman of all the instances due to the truth he held a regular of 99.93! In Indian cricket, Sunil Gavaskar, in the size of 1970’s and the early 1980’s used to be normally regarded as the ‘Brown Bradman’ due to the reality of his great consistency at the pinnacle of the order which he held in opposition to some of the world’s largest and even the rapidly bowlers of the then era. So, people viewed instances of him as having a Bradman-like stroke play.
He accompanied this with his first century, 116 and 64* in the third Test in Georgetown, Guyana, and 1 and 117* in the Fourth Test in Bridgetown, Barbados. He went to Trinidad for the fifth Test and scored 124 and 220 to assist India to its first ever series victory over the West Indies, and the only one until 2006. His overall performance in the Test made him the 2nd player after Doug Walters to score a century and double century in the same match. He additionally became the first Indian to make 4 centuries in one Test series, the 2nd Indian after Vijay Hazare to nail two centuries in the same Test, and the third after Hazare and Polly Umrigar to score centuries in three consecutive innings. He was the first Indian to score more than seven hundred runs in a series, and his 774 runs at 154.80 continue to be the most runs scored in a debut series by any batsman.
Announcing the award, the Bradman Foundation said: “Gavaskar will be the first international Bradman Honouree. Embodying the Bradman principles of courage, honour, humility, integrity and determination, Gavaskar had a profound impact on cricket in India. He is recognised as the most successful of all opening batsmen and is credited for teaching his teammates and their successors the virtue of unconditional professionalism.”
Before the Oval Test began, Sunil Gavaskar used to be a thoughtful young man. The reality that a Test century had eluded him on the tour weighed heavy on his capable shoulders. The master batsman was additionally conscious that if he broke the jinx he would bury Sir Len Hutton’s record of 19 Test centuries, the high-quality effort of an opener.
After retirement, he has been a popular, if now and again controversial commentator, both on TV and in print. In 2003, he grew to become the first Indian to start the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture. He also served as an advisor to the India national cricket crew at some stage in the home series towards Australia in 2004. He was the Chairman of the ICC cricket committee till the time he was pressured to pick between commenting and being on the committee. He left the committee to continue his career as a broadcaster.
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