Image Source : TWITTER/JAY SHAH BCCI secretary Jay Shah and Sunil Gavaskar
On the fiftieth anniversary of Sunil Gavaskar’s iconic Test debut in opposition to the West Indies, the previous India skipper was felicitated by the BCCI for his contribution to Indian cricket. India, then led by late Ajit Wadekar received the collection in West Indies 1-0 after which additionally clinched the collection in England inside an area of few months.
The BCCI felicitated Gavaskar throughout the lunch break of the continuing Test between India and England as secretary Jay Shah offered him with a particular cap.
“Join me in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shri Sunil Gavaskar Ji’s Test debut for of India. It is indeed a momentous occasion for all Indians and we are getting to celebrate it at the world’s largest cricket facility Narendra Modi Stadium,” wrote Shah.
“Celebrating 50 glorious years of the legendary former #TeamIndia Captain Mr. Sunil Gavaskar’s Test debut today,” wrote the BCCI
In his superb profession, Gavaskar performed 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India and was additionally part of the 1983 World Cup-winning facet. Scoring over 10,000 runs within the longest format, Gavaskar established himself as one of many best of all time.
Gavaskar additionally held the file for scoring most tons in Test cricket till Sachin Tendulkar surpassed his tally in 2005. In the limited-overs format, he scored 3902 runs at a median of 35.1.
Many former gamers together with Sachin Tendulkar paid glowing tributes to Gavaskar. “50 years in the past on this present day, he took the Cricketing World by storm.
He scored 774 runs in his debut collection and every considered one of us rising up had a hero to look as much as,” Tendulkar wrote.
Harbhajan Singh additionally thanked Gavaskar for uplifting generations of cricketers. “50 yrs of sunny sir… Congratulations Sir .. thank you for inspiring generations of cricketers,” wrote the tweaker