Sunil Gavaskar Birthday Special: This unique great record of Sunil Gavaskar has been maintained for 51 years, no one has been able to score such a century in Indian cricket.

New Delhi. In every era of the Indian cricket team, there has been some batsman who has attracted the attention of the whole world with his charismatic batting. Sunil Gavaskar’s name is also included among such batsmen. Sunil Gavaskar, considered among the greatest opening batsmen of Test cricket, was born on 10 July 1949 in Mumbai. Today Gavaskar is celebrating his 77th birthday. Although ‘Little Master’ has set many such records, which seem difficult to break, but today we are going to tell about one such ‘unique century’ of his, which no other cricketer has been able to complete in Indian cricket. Not even Sachin Tendulkar.

Gavaskar’s ‘unique century’ in Test
Gavaskar played 125 test matches for India and became the world’s first player to score 10,000 test runs. During his international career from 1971 to 1987, there was a period where he played 106 consecutive Tests for India. This became a record. This made him the batsman who played the most consecutive Test matches for India. He is still the only Indian who has completed a hundred in consecutive Test matches. Rahul Dravid is at second place in this list, who played 93 Tests continuously.

Had passion for cricket since school
Gavaskar had set a goal of doing something big in the field of cricket during his school days. In 1966, he was in the last phase of his school life, when he made his name not only in Mumbai cricket but also in the entire country by playing innings of 246, 222 and 85 runs. Because of this performance, he was given the honor of Best School Boy Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He made his debut in first-class cricket in the 1966–67 season. After excellent performance in domestic cricket for 4 consecutive years, he got a chance to make his Test debut for the Indian team in 1971.

Teams like West Indies and Australia also trembled
During Gavaskar’s era, teams like West Indies and Australia were praised for their dangerous bowlers, but this Mumbai batsman, with his courage, patience, technique and excellent stroke play, defeated even the dangerous bowlers. In that era of dangerous and deadly bouncers, Gavaskar used to bat without a helmet. Gavaskar’s ability to play long innings while managing a wicket amidst regular fall of wickets was his ability. Gavaskar made it difficult for the opposition teams with his powerful batting on every pitch in the country or abroad and that is why he is considered the first poster boy of Indian batting.

Such was the career
Gavaskar’s Test career was extraordinary and an inspiration for the youngsters who came later. The name of ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar is also included among those who consider Gavaskar as their idol. Gavaskar, who was a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, made his Test debut for India in 1971 and ODI in 1974. In his international career till 1987, Gavaskar played 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India. Gavaskar is counted among the greatest batsmen in Test cricket. He scored 10,122 runs in 214 innings at an average of 51.12. During this period, 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries were scored with his bat. In 102 innings of ODI, he scored 3,092 runs with the help of 1 century and 27 half-centuries. At the time of his retirement, Gavaskar held the record of most runs and centuries in Test cricket.

After retirement from cricket, Gavaskar is very active and respected as a columnist and commentator. Gavaskar was honored with the Arjuna Award and Padmashree by the Government of India in 1975, while he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1980. Gavaskar, who is turning 77, is very fit and is seen as a commentator in many international series and ICC events along with IPL.