The opener of Team India, who saved Sunil Gavaskar’s career, would have been banned for 5 years.

New Delhi. Former batsman Chetan Chauhan is counted among the most fighting batsmen of India. He was the first batsman in the world to complete 2 thousand runs in international cricket without scoring a century. He played many important innings for the Indian team in his career.

Chetan Chauhan was born on July 21, 1947 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Chetan had a special love for cricket from the beginning and gradually this love transformed into a career. Chetan made his debut in domestic cricket in 1967. He scored 11,143 runs in 179 first class matches at an average of 40. During this period he scored 21 centuries and 59 half-centuries. Due to his consistently strong performance in domestic cricket, he was entered in the Indian team in the year 1978.

Chetan made a lot of headlines with his batting at the international level also. He played 40 Test and 7 ODI matches for India. During this period, he scored 2084 runs in Tests, while in ODI cricket, he scored 153 runs with his bat. However, Chetan could never score a century in international cricket. He was out 9 times between the scores of 80 and 97 during his career. However, he was the first batsman in the world to score 2 thousand runs in Test cricket without a century. This record of his remained intact for many years.

In the year 1981, in the Test match between India and Australia held at Melbourne ground, Chetan Chauhan was a part of the on-field dispute with Sunil Gavaskar. Actually, a ball from Dennis Lillee hit Gavaskar’s pad, after which the umpire declared Gavaskar out on the appeal of LBW. However, Gavaskar seemed unhappy with the umpire’s decision and was not ready to leave the field. The long conversation had turned into an argument. After this, Captain Gavaskar started leaving the field holding the hand of his opening partner Chetan Chauhan. He wanted to boycott the match.

However, Chetan, showing wisdom, first tried to convince Gavaskar and after that he signaled Team India’s group captain Shahid Ali Khan Durrani to come towards the field. After Durrani understood, Gavaskar calmed down and the matter could be ended. It is said that if Chetan had not stopped Gavaskar, he could have been banned for up to five years for this act. Chetan Chauhan died on August 16, 2020 at the age of 73. Chetan, who had faced the biggest bowlers, had lost the battle of his life against Corona.