Due to his coming to cricket world came to know thst india also can play cricket. One man army without any steady dependable batting lineup and weakest bolliwing attack ever. He never even got a bolwer in net session like Robert's, holding, garner, marshal, lilee, Thomson, Pascoe, Hadley, botham, Willis, imran, sarfqrz, bakth, qadir, Bruce reid, akram
@@vinodnayar7742 Gavaskar was a dry dull tuk tuk player. Had he played for Aus WI or England NZ he would have been dropped after that pathetic 36 not out in 60 overs in WC 1975, the first match of the World Cup. But in India he was feted and he went on to get records against his name even as India performed poorly
India was not having fast bowlers that time. So no net practice against fast bowlers. Still he became the best batsman ever against fast bowlers. Hats off, Kudos Sunil paaji
Took took batsman who would come to open the innings , play took took and make like 80 runs in 300 balls.. yeah freak a kid could do better then that... he was really a useless player for india.
@@ANIRUDHDEV-ud6ue But he saved so many test matches in his time...Test match me khade rehna jruri hai splly in 4th inning...which is never seen in other indian openers till date
Actually it is just techniques!! When you play as per law book of facing any type of bowling, Gavaskar is ultimate !! Thats why he was abled to play such ferocious fast bowling in their den WI !! NO one can match him till today.❤❤
@sydmohmeid513 toh kya?? Pujara kya t 20 khelta hai ?? Sab player sab form ka khele ke liye nehi bana !! Aap ko cricket ke bare me kuch pata hi nehi, kya bahes karu !!!!
Sunil Gavaskar was the first to prove that Indians can face quality pace bowling. Any batsman who scored centuries facing Clive Lloyds pacemen is great.
I have seen Sachin Tendulkar struggling against fast bowlers many times but Gavaskar was so stable, steady and reliable infront of the best bowling attack in the world
In those days , pace of run scoring was not pursued. The 5 day test match was super slow run making event. So yeah as time went on Sachin ,Shewag etc etc raised the bar due to change in format of the game and many other factors. So one cannot compare in absolute terms , it's just one era vs another era.
Gavaskar was a rare genius, his powers of concentration were supreme, and he had immense belief in his abilities. First to make 10,000 test runs people thought the record would never be broken, I don’t think there’s any other Batman you can call to be technically superior to Gavaskar including the likes of Dravid. So yeah he was the OG maestro and he remains gold. Sachin was a different player, very different. He was a prodigy, his batting was an almost reversal of Gavaskar. Sachin was a natural born stroke-maker, his mind worked differently and his body moved differently, he wanted to score runs quickly, when he was young he wanted to hit a boundary every delivery and he wanted to hit them hard not gently. In one of the interviews he said he was a huge fan of Sunny and Viv and he wanted to combine the two and dare I say he probably is the best mix there has ever been of Gavaskar and Richards. Most people don’t realize how good Sachin’s defense really was because he wouldn’t defend for long periods and sooner rather than later his mind and body got into positions where he could make strokes and score boundaries which results and an added % of risk and chance of getting out. Sachin used to play outrageous shots, the shots that bowlers couldn’t believe and then he tamed it down as he matured so yeah two very different kinds of players. At times Sunny has played amazing stringing innings and some impossible innings that I don’t see anybody else playing surviving on an impossible wicket for a session and on the on the other hand I’ve seen Sachin bringing out the wrath on unplayable pitches against lethal bowlers and owning them so two true masters and genius of batting. What a privilege to be an Indian.
@sydmohe that's why the bowlers you praising can't dismiss pakisthan team all out even in one innings in 1977 test series pity bowlers completely slaughtered by ZaheerAbbas OK
I watched how Sunil Gavaskar made his debut in 1971 in the West Indies tour. I watched his entire career. And I have seen Sachin Tendulkar. Sunil Gavaskar is the greatest of them all. It’s that simple to say.
A player who never wore a helmet during his entire cricketing career facing the likes of Joel Garner,Andy Roberts,Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshall, etc.proves his ability of seeing the ball till the last minute and picture perfect technique.He is the best batsman India has ever produced of the era.Legend is the perfect word.
HE SET THE TREND OF HERALDING OF BUDDING OF BATTING STARS IN HIS PLAYING ERA. ROLE MODEL ABLE TO CARRYOUT THE ENTIRE INNINGS AND REMAINING NOT OUT OR ABLE TO SCORE CENTURY WITHIN 100 BALLS ALSO. PRODIGIOUS TALENT.
Gavaskar was a batting legend of his times. Clearly his love for Cricket is unmatchable by anyone as post retirement he is still in active touch with the game at 70+yrs. Very few past legends have given so much back to game. Long live legend Gavaskar.
@sydmohmeid513 that 36 no, we can forgive him. It was initial days of people from test cricket adapting to one day. You cant stick to that and criticize him for lifetime
POST RETIREMENT GAVASKAR AGAIN SELFISH TO THE CORE. NEVER TOOK THE HARD ROUTE. COMMENTRY THE SELFISH WAY WAS HIS. HE COULD HAVE BEEN COACH... NO NO. HE COULD BAVE BEEN MANAGER OF THE TEAM ....NO NO. COMMENTARY KARNA HAI .... WOH BE SELFISH. AS IF HE IS SOME BIG PUNDIT BEYOND COMPARE. LOL
Without capability, records can be made my dear. He is lonely scorer that time in Indian team. Otherwise, induan team could not cross hundred runs without gavaskar.
Against lillie he was failure..in 1977 sries lillie wasnt thr i n team, in 1979 series in india lillie wasnt thr due to kerry packer contract... in 1981 in austrailia in 6 innings gavaskar could only score 117 runs at 23 average while facing lillie .. in 1983 gavaskar was complete failure ( 72 runs with average of 12 ,he was last behind madanlal with yverage of 14 )
@SanG-tc3gb I have seen as a spectator the experience of facing Thompson, Lillee, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts etc is a different level especially without a helmet ⛑️ because they sometimes adopted the famous body line technique of bowling from Douglas Jardine who was then captain of England and who used the technique to intimidate batsman of Australian in test series of 1932-33. I think 🤔 it was famiusly called Ashes.
@@SanG-tc3gb The recent famous nasal injury was suffered by the Mike Gatting batsman of England 🇬🇧 who faced Malcom Marshall in 1986 I think 🤔 it was in West Indies home pitch (please correct me) His nose 👃 was broken by Malcom fast bowling despite wearing a Helmet ⛑️ without a grill. In those days the ball used season leather stitched ball in red brown colour. And Malcom was an inspiration for me and millions of fans. But now a days I rarely watch cricket 🏏 😕 😅
No comparison between Gavaskar with Sachin. Gavaskar was a part of the team that was then not considered a serious team. Remember 1971 tour of Windies & England. He overnight became a sensation on his maiden tour. His technique was so sound, no bowler felt at ease bowling to him. He had only Vishy at 4 as a top class companion. Still he went on to make so many runs against the best teams in the world. Still remember his centuries in both innings at Sydney in Australia. What a feat it was! Truly an icon!
Sunil Gavaskar never scored centuries in both innings in Sydney. He scored 116,220 X WI in WI in 1971 ; 111,137 X PAK in PAK in 1978 ; 107,182* X WI in IND in 1978.
I know no one will agree with me today, that to my view Gavaskar in technically the best batsman ever !!! He faced top class fast bowling in their den without todays protective gears !! So imagine how he single handedly helped India many times to save from humiliations. And on those days he is the first person to reach 10k runs in test cricket . I must keep him on top of Indian batsmen rank even today .
@@CricketStories007 He declined to wear helmet when it was already in use while facing the deadly West Indians. Few narcissistic mentally retarded do not have the data and start vomiting whatever comes to their mouth.
Undoubtedly, the Indian cricket has been brought to such high level by Gavaskar !! The opening stands by him and single hand innings at many places either lead to a draw or victory 👌👍
Could not agree more. He is undoubtedly and sometime single-handedly brought back the competitiveness to the Indian Cricket. Prior to his tenure, Indians played a game of gentleness and good spirited losers. I was a great critique of his defensive nature of batting along with many others. Looking back in time, it was necessary for him to do so in order to bring up the Indian Cricket on par with the rest of the world. His innings with Dilip Sardesai in defeating the Calipso Kings in 1971 is legendary and will live in time for a long time. I lived through that and still dumbfounded looking back.
I am a fan of Sunil Manohar Gavaskar since he came to Pakistan for the very first time to play 3 test match series in the year 1978-79. I was 10 years old at that time. He missed his hundred with only 3 runs in Faisalabad in the first innings of the first test match.. I was so sad, more than Gavaskar himself. But what a Champion batsman he was !!! In the third test at Karachi (1978-79), he scored a century in each innings of the test match (111 & 137). Although India lost the test match and the series but Gavaskar had already prvoed what a Master batsman he was. He was a brave opener and accepted the challenges he faced. He faced all the famous fast bowlers of that time. Jeff Thompson and Dennis Lillee (Australia) in their peak times when they were bowling their fastest deliveries. Roberts, Holding, Croft, Garner, Marshall (West Indies) all bowling greats. Imran Khan (Pakistan) at his peak. Botham, Willis, Hendrick, Old, (England) at their best. Richard Hadlee (NZ) the all time best all rounder from New Zealand. Gavaskar's best test innings for me was his 221 against England in 1979 when India needed 439 to win and ended at 430-9 in the fourth innings. The Master accepted the challenge and it was a battle against time. There was not much time to scoe 439 in the fourth innings. India had to bat faster and also not to lose wickets in order to score huge 439. Gavaskar showed his best skills , going at a faster speed, scoring runs. When he was dismissed at 221, India had already scored 367 out of 439. 83.5% runs had already been scored then. Only 16.5% runs to be scored by the later batsmen but they could manage only 430 and the match ended in a draw. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in his debut series against West Indies in West Indies in only 4 tests. This 774 runs is a world record till now for the most runs scored in a debut series. Gavaskar scored senturies on all 5 Test grounds of Australia batting against Australia with bowlers like Lillee and Thompson. Remember speed of a delivery was used to measure in 1970s at the spot where the ball reaches the batsman after travelling the 22 yards distance betwen the bowler's stumps and the batsman's stumps. At that time, Jeff Thompson's average speed was 91 miles/hour and his fastest delivery was measured at 99 miles/hour. If the speed was measured that time (in 1970s) in the first yard when the ball leaves the bowlers hand (just like it is measured now in the time of Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhter), then Thompson's speed would be around 100 miles / hour on average and fastest would be 110 miles/ hour. Now guys, imagine this speed of the fastest bowler of the world (THompson) bowling to Sunil Gavaskar on Australian wickets. On the other side of Thompson, there was Dennis Lillee the greatest of his time. Gavaskar faced them all with great courage and excellence. A lot more can be written on Gavaskar. Finally, I want to inform you all that my date and month of birth is the same as Sunil Gavaskar's, i.e., 10th of July. I wish if I could celebrate his birthday and my birthday together some 10th July.. I would be the most happiest person in the world then. It would be like a dream come true. Meeting your favorite cricketer after 45 years time. HAILE GAVASKAR !!! 🙂
@sydmohmeid513 Gavaskar's tecnique is delight to Watch --- Diky Bird(greatest umpire) In his all time greatest Word eleven - Diky Choose Gavaskar and Vary Richards as Openers. (Boycott was very angry for that)
I'm English so don't have detailed knowledge like native Indians might have. Many Indians call Tendulkar "the little Master" but to me it was Gavaskar. Saw him beat England almost on his own. Great player IMO
@@shrinivaskulkarni9657These names are created for dramatization. Sunil Gawaskar was above all that. If we exclude his last few years. He was far more reliable and better than anybody else.
Sir Viv - net practice bowlers, Maikel Holding, Roberts, Marshall,Garner etc. Gavaskar - net practice with Ghawari,Madanlal,Amarnath, After nine years With Kapil.
He is really much greater than any other batter. He played against the most fearful fast bowlers the cricket has ever seen without any protection gears and made 34 centuries which is nearly impossible for present batters. We are much fortunate to see him play against the most fierce fast bowlers the cricket has ever seen till date.
As an Australian I didn’t see him play against the West Indies, but I saw him score runs against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson at a time when they terrorized almost every batsman. No protection, no bouncer limits. His technique and courage were amazing. It was at a time when India was not the great cricketing power it is now, and he didn’t have much support.
Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies. He has the maximum no. of runs & centuries scored by a player against the brutal pace bowling attack of west indies (without wearing helmet) -2,749 runs & 13 centuries Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs. He has scored the highest runs (774) in a series as a debutant. Until Sachin broke his record he has the record of highest test centuries (34).
I agree with you sir, I have seen Gavaskar playing is top cricket, He was Indian team best ever Opener and Batsman, He was the best of best in my opinion And he faces Lethal fast bowling during his cricket career. Bowlers like, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Malcom Marshal, Dennis Lilie, Jeff Thompson, Imran Khan, Bob Willis and many more dangerous fast bowlers 1970s 1980s 1990s Era. I ranked one of the best opening batsman and best batsman in the Test match and One day cricket history Gavaskar was amazing.
A True Cricketing Legend The Great Sunil Gavaskar. The Great has spent all his life in Cricket even to this day hat’s off to this little Master s Dedication.
@sydmohmeid513Modi n bjp doing nothing for Hindu they only manipulating d things secures their win...so don't be oversmart now Hindu r wakeup n will resolve all issues by themselves
@davidridgewell629oh yea!! You are of the types who himself has achieved nothing in life but always ready to gudge and defame the real achievers! If he was what you say, his records wouldn't be what it is today!
Appreciate your interest in a player before you were born and the research you put in the same. Yes, Gavaskar was arguably the best test opening batsman the world has seen. However, you missed his most important trait that separated him from the others who had equally good technique - his concentration. Gavaskar’s ability to focus and concentrate for session after session, for every single ball, was incredible. Those of us who saw him bat live would recollect how unwavering his concentration was. He would never let his guard down. In fact he’d take fresh guard (pun unintended) after every break/milestone/interference and continue on with his innings like it was a fresh one. Also, you got the Bodyline reference wrong. Bodyline tactic, or fast leg theory as it was also called, was about targeting the batsman’s upper body, with balls aimed outside the line of the leg stump, while placing a ring of fielders on the leg side for the catch when the batsman defends awkwardly. It was devised by English team to contain the great Don Bradman, and was banned immediately, and much before Gavaskar even started his career. Not more than two fielders could be placed behind square in the leg side and umpires warned the bowlers if they even sense intimidatory bowling targeted at the body of the batsman. While the West Indian fast bowing attack of late seventies and eighties was lethal, they did not resort to Bodyline tactic. They bowled within the revised laws, their bouncers would rear up from even good lengths, but it wasn’t the intimidating leg side tactic of Bodyline.
Sir, I slightly disagree with your statement about intimidatory bowling. So many beamers were hurled by West Indies and in fact, India concede a test match.
Sunil Gavaskar is par above Sachin, Virat, Rohit, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag etc. Imagine scoring runs against lethal pace attack on pot holed pitches and without helmet etc like gear; and he scored most of his runs abroad. No great fast bowlers are available to him to face and practise at the nets before the match is another issue. He is a glorious batsman
@@CricketStories007 If there was a player who put himself before the team, it was Gavaskar. He would take forever to score his century and as Captain took absolutely no risks, hence causing matches to end in draws. Bottom line-he only cared about his batting and captaincy records.
Gavaskar is incredible, without helmet facing holding,Roberts, marshal, garner, lily, I have doubt with another even Sachin could get such runs, he is best, moreover no limitations of bouncer proved gavaskar the best battar of all time.
every one play without helmet in 80s. see viv richard. or javed miandad. gavaskar playeth without helmet as he could not score runs with helmet on. he got diverted focus turned off. a weakness. so he chose to not wear helmet and if he did wear it he would have had an average of 30. mediocre player
Simply put - high level of concentration, abilities to play deliveries on its marit, watching each ball from delivery to WK or played and most important of all, desire to bat against the best of bowlers of his era. To me he is and always will be a complete Opening batsman. Am honoured to have seen and have played against him.
Problem was - do you watch him batting or do you concentrate on getting him out. It is a wonderful lesson in batsmanship and how he went about building his inning. Learned more that day than any day of playing
Facing world's fastest bowlers was no joke. That's without gadgets! His fight against Pakistan at B'lore test (year???) was beyond comparison, that too, against Abdul Qudir & Wasim Akram. Actually Gavasker taught Indian batsman how to tackle fast bowlers. 🙏
Gavasks a tuk tuk player..... dull player.......... turned off spectators......... today his presence will guarantee that people walked out of stadiums mid match......... sorry pathetic indeed
Best opening, if not best batsman of his generation. Faced all those great fast bowlers, when the ball was new, and they were fresh. Master at pacing an innings as well.
@sydmohe Gavaskar was an opening batsman, and his job was to see off the new ball, and stay there and accumulate runs. Viv Richards was a destructive middle order batsman, and yes, he entertained, and took the game away from the opposition. Richards perhaps had a slightly better eye, but there's not much between them. Chappell and Gower, were stylish and graceful, and you'd pay money, I would as well, just to see them bat for an hour. Boycott not as talented, but he was all about perseverance and sheer bloody mindedness ....as for Viswanath, not in the same league, but still a fine player.
@sydmohe Sunil Gavaskar is not only the greatest opener of this universe since 1971 (I have not seen cricket before 70s), but also the pioneer of opening techniques of test batting. He must not be compared with any middle-order batters. The role of middle-orders are completely different from the openers. The openers have to play much more vital role than the following batters. Openers lay the foundation stone of the innings fighting against the brand new ball. Next batters build the innings on this foundation. So, Gavaskar must not be compared with Vivian Richards, Greg Chapell, David Gower, Gundappa Viswanath or Javed Miandad.
His brother-in-law G. R. Vishwanath was the other Little Master. Gavaskar himself agrees that Vishy was a better bat than himself. The famous headliner in The Hindu "Vishwanath alone tames Roberts' pace" in that Chennai Test Match still lingers in the minds of those who read that day's newspaper.
Sunil Gavaskar is very much involved in the game, even after retirement he involved in the game. His comments were well received by the public in India and abroad also. Still today he looks like young and energetic. He faced so many fast bowlers . But no other bats men faced. And scored no of centuries, perticularly WI. God bless him.
Without playing against any true fast bowlers in the domestic circle, in the net, with no bowling machines around - he single handedly humbled the cricketing history's most fiercest bowling attack in their home soil, didn't even care to wear a helmet, didn't duck to avoid bouncers, oh & I forgot to mention that he is quite short in height even considering average height of a person in India yet his opponents were as tall as the pro NBA players. This is actually similar to bringing a knife in a gunfight & winning.
Your video brought back memories from a long time back. I believe it was 1967 when my father took me to the then Brabourne Stadium - I was 7. I think it was a Ranji trophy match between Bombay and Baroda….and Nari Contractor scored a century. It was in one of those matches that Bombay featured a new opener, Sunil Gavaskar. I remember him opening for Bombay with another dashing player, Ramnath Parker. Often they would be the first and second slip fielders as well. Bombay would often run up a big total before tea on the first day and put pressure on the other team by taking quick wickets before close of play and they would often win based on the first innings lead rule. At one time I recall, they played Bangalore and tried the same trick after tea. Bangalore lost two quick wickets. And then a little short guy came to bat at 2-down. My dad told me he was a new player and would not last under the pressure. But…whenever the ball touched his bat, it seemed to magically accelerate like a bullet to the fence, and in no time he reached 50! His name was Gundappa Rao Vishvanath. Thank you for the memories.👍👍
That was not a wise statement A pitch with variable bounce can defeat the best of batsmen Sunny was hit on the forehead at least once He did wear a funny and dangerously weak helmet A bowler can deliberately bowl a beamer that can hit u on the head He can also knowingly bowl a no ball from 19- 20 yards at 150 kmph to knock u on the head Facing extreme pace is always dangerous
SUNNY always remains the No. 1 batsmen ever seen in the history. ! He faced the one of finest pace battery attack & might of West Indies, Australian, Pakistan, England during 70's, 80s,
My favourite opener, even against extreme pace and movement he seemed to judge line , length and direction quickly and seemed immovable. Always seemed to move the score along quickly. I remember his final day double hundred chasing 400 against England so vividly. What a player he was.
Sachin was good at playing attacking batting compared to gavaskar... gavaskar had technique better suited for test matches while Sachin was more suitable for odi ... both batsman were great at their time... both faced quality bowlers..... both were the backbone of india... both had good technique, patience and determination... both were run hungry... Tendulkar scored at much higher strike rate.... gavaskar mostly played ground shots while Tendulkar used to play all stroke including lofted strokes with mastery....both were players of crises...
Sunny's ODI career can be decided into two parts. In the initial stages he was very slow but after that he was very agressive. In fact Sunny had scored his century against Newzealand in 85 balls in WC.That was d fastest century for Indian batsmen for several years. He was running 102 degrees fever when he had scored that century.
Sunil Gavaskar is by far the greatest Indian batsman ever. He batted in an age when technology was not available as an aid. Neither were there various batsman favourable rules many of which have converted cricket into a spectacle.
Gavaskar has 20 centuries after 52 matches....second only to Don Bradman...Sachin had 11 I suppose...but if you see at 52 test matches Sachin was barely 23 years old.... gavaskar was 29 and Bradman 37 ...
For me, nobody will come within 3 miles of him. Recently watched an interview of Wasim Akram. He is still in awe of this LEGEND. Akram clearly told, it was his dream to get Gavaskar out and he could succeed only once in his career.......
Sunil sir is the Greatest Of all time, Because in his era every team had a formidable bowling attack ,unlike today there was not much technology involved so that you could review your past performances and make improves , grounds were not as well maintained and preserved as they are now (Apart form few grounds in England, Australia and West indies )and most importantly not only he scored big runs against those teams , but was also sensible to share it with upcoming players that hugely benefitted from it , remember he played a mentor's role in guiding and shaping Tendulkar as a batsman FOR ME SUNIL GAVASKAR WILL BE THE ALL TIME GREATEST BATS MAN , THE ORIGINAL LITTLE MASTER.
I have not seen any one batting better than Gavaskar. He has batted against deadliest bowling attacks cricketing world has ever seen and smashed them to boundaries. Mind you he did all this without wearing a proper head gear or helmet. His batting was textbook style. He was far better than Tendulkar in his batting technique - the real Bharat Ratan.
When Gavaskar was playing there were no limits on "short stuff" (bouncers that would rise up and hit batsmen in the chest or head) as there are now. And still he managed to make over 10,000 Test runs and 34 Test centuries.
Was searching for this comment. No body ever talks about the one bouncer per over rule introduced in the 1990s to tame the bowlers. Achievements of Sunil and batsmen of that generation will always be a notch higher than those who made career during and after 1990s.
@davidridgewell629That one day match of first world cup in 1975 was only only first or second one day match that India played before that one day cricket did not exist in India.We also played one full innings or two full innings matches in our childhood days .Players were not used to play one day cricket in their growing years.In his last world cup in 1987 Gavaskar scored his only hundred in one day in only eighty two balls only he began to adapt in one day format also but surely he was one of the best batsmen of the world.And he is regarded as the best opening batsman in test mathes by almost all the greats of the game.In Tests mathes in those days only 70 to 75 overs were bowled in a day with unlimited bouncers per over.90 overs per day rule and one bouncer per over rule came much later after Gavaskar retired in1987.Test cricket was played at a slow pace.If you compare with recent past,Gavaskar is ahead of Rahul Dravid in strike rate in test matches.Gavaskar held the record for India scoring 174 runs in a day in a test match which was broken later on by Sehwag ang Tendulkar.Cricket has evolved since gavaskar's retirement in1987.Don't disgrace idol of idols.He is one of the greatest ever to have graced the game.
The real little master,Sunil Gavasker absolute genius of a batter, the greatest opening bat to have played cricket,he set the standards and broke many records along the way simply a genius
During his time Sunny faced world class fast bowlers. I don't recall if he ever wore any helmet those days, Very stylish and tecnical batsman. During my childhood there were two players in Indian team we always spoke about in our friend circle. Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. Ofcourse there were many other good players in Indain team. No doubt. Every test match was like a 5 day festival. End of each day we would recall some best shots or best bowling. Someone in the group will demostrate how the ball came and how the shot was played. Well those were the days. Happy to have lived through these.
➡️ Remember Philip Hughes of Aus who died in 2014 when ball hit his head even though he was wearing a helmet. Imagine these old players who played without helmet or helmet without grill. I highly respect them bcos cricket back then had no money, No advertisements, No facilities ...it was pure passion n love for the game n country which made them risk their life.🙏
34 test centuries...an incredible achievement... remember in those days test matches were not as frequently played as today...else his tally would have been more than 50 centuries
If this is a tribute to Sunny, he deserves more of these: 1. This thing about Gavaskar "played only for records" sounds like a stuck record. Was it so easy to face Imran, Hadlee, Thomson, Lillee, Holding, Roberts etc. and create records?! Wish there was just one more Indian batsman that time playing for records. We would beat every team in the world! 2. His baiters always cite his 36 n.o. in the first ever world cup. Every player, even a legend, has highs and lows. Citing one bad inning or even a bad patch will not tarnish a scintillating career. Gavaskar was an exceptionally good batsman in an era when players dropped out of test series at the thought of a speed demon on a green top! Gavaskar's mental make up was of a fighter who never reared away from a challenge. That remains.
He was, he is the best opening Batsman of India in test cricket for all time.Not only that but he must be considered as the best opening batsman in test cricket in the world for his super batting Technique and temperament.
Many will have their own perspective but I think Sachin's stroke production was way awesome he was by far the most watchable batter I have seen in my lifetime.
He was the best Indian batsman ever . Period . The bowling attacks he faced and mastered in his time would have the paper tigers of today running for cover .
Gavaskar's technique was impecable. Sachin is nowhere close as far as the Little master's batting class is concerned. He had mastered the batting technique of hitting the ball in the V all along the ground. His other class stroke was the front foot extra cover drive. He was a treat to watch. Absolutely no doubt about his class & temperament.
Sunny gavaskar was the greatest batsman he played the fastest bowlers off all time truly the greatest Sachin tendulkar just played for himself no where near as good as sunny Bhai tendulkar would not have been able to play in that era
@sydmohe Call it what you will, notwithstanding his motives, his accomplishments stands for itself, 15 test hundreds against the West Indies pacers in their prime is no small feat.
When he played in 1971 againt with, no holding roberts garner were thr,in 1974 and 1976 he got a mediocre success again in 1979 got good scores against weak bowling .in 1983 mohinder amaranth played better than him...in 1987 all fast bowlers were on verge of retirement except marshall .
We cannot compare players from pre helmet and post helmet days.Helmet does make a huge difference. One thing I say having watched sunny from his debut..he never took a single blow on his body or head.Thdg shows his technical excellence.
Gavaskar was closer to Rahul Dravid than Tendulkar with his classic technique suited for the Test game. Like Rahul, he took a lot of time to figure out ODI with some of his best-attacking innings coming at a later time of his ODI career. Sachin started as a stroke maker who morphed into a grafter post-2004 Australian series. Even though I am a die-hard fan of Sachin Rahul was the best test player for India in the early 2000s while Sehwag with his attacking play was the best Test batsman in the late 2000s. Still saying all that none of them had the longevity Sachin had in the game.
GAvaskar was a tuk tuk tuk player total bore ......... massive turn off for audience. His cricket would have seen the game perish. See Stokes in contrast. Stoksey cricket brings audience in droves to stadiums ....... Sunny was opposite
@@rajendrannairbhaskarapilla9875 you may place your personal view/s by all means. He was a top notch batsman in the world when we had zero fast bowlers. It is like acquiring a Ph.D. without having references, bibliography, textbooks etc.
आज के युवा रेडियो कमेंट्री के युग के उन्माद को कल्पना नहीं कर सकता जब पचास के दशक तक ज्यादातर लोगों के लिए रेडियो कार्यक्रम और सिनेमा हॉल ही पारिवारिक मनोरंजन का अत्यधिक महत्व का साधन बन गया था
Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies. He has the maximum no. of runs & centuries scored by a player against the brutal pace bowling attack of west indies (without wearing helmet) -2,749 runs & 13 centuries Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs. He has scored the highest runs (774) in a series as a debutant. Until Sachin broke his record he has the record of highest test centuries (34).
Have lived through careers of both Sunil and Sachin. I consider Sunil to be the greatest batsman India has produced,while Sachin had much longer career and holds more records
सुनील गावस्कर की बैटिंग इतनी शानदार थी देखकर तबियत खुश हो जाती थी. गावस्कर की बैटिंग style इतनी शानदार थी कि अगर एक run भी मिलता था तो हम सभी लोग खुश हो जाते थे. गावस्कर बगैर हेलमेट के वेस्ट इंडीज़ के चार खूंखार बॉलर्स को फेस करते थे. हम लोग दुआ करते रहते थे कि इनको चोट न लगने पाए. लेकिन 1974 मे चोट लग गई थी व. इंडीज में. अब तक का इंडिया का बेस्ट batsman sunil gavaskar. We still like today.
Thank you guys for your love, and please suggest some ideas for the next video!
@sydmohe okay, so you mean to say Sunny was not great?
Due to his coming to cricket world came to know thst india also can play cricket. One man army without any steady dependable batting lineup and weakest bolliwing attack ever. He never even got a bolwer in net session like Robert's, holding, garner, marshal, lilee, Thomson, Pascoe, Hadley, botham, Willis, imran, sarfqrz, bakth, qadir, Bruce reid, akram
@sydmohe You have exposed your ignorance about batsmanship.
Gavaskar is the best. He face the new ball in his whole career Tendulkar never face that in test cricket he will pie in the pitch...
@@vinodnayar7742 Gavaskar was a dry dull tuk tuk player. Had he played for Aus WI or England NZ he would have been dropped after that pathetic 36 not out in 60 overs in WC 1975, the first match of the World Cup. But in India he was feted and he went on to get records against his name even as India performed poorly
India was not having fast bowlers that time. So no net practice against fast bowlers. Still he became the best batsman ever against fast bowlers. Hats off, Kudos Sunil paaji
Took took batsman who would come to open the innings , play took took and make like 80 runs in 300 balls.. yeah freak a kid could do better then that... he was really a useless player for india.
INDIA HAD GOOD FAST BOWLERS LIKE KARSAN GHAVRI. CHETAN SHARMA. KAPIL DEV. GAVASKAR BAS THUMAK KE AATA THA AUR TUK TUK TUK KHELTA THA
@@ANIRUDHDEV-ud6ue But he saved so many test matches in his time...Test match me khade rehna jruri hai splly in 4th inning...which is never seen in other indian openers till date
Actually it is just techniques!! When you play as per law book of facing any type of bowling, Gavaskar is ultimate !! Thats why he was abled to play such ferocious fast bowling in their den WI !! NO one can match him till today.❤❤
@sydmohmeid513 toh kya?? Pujara kya t 20 khelta hai ?? Sab player sab form ka khele ke liye nehi bana !! Aap ko cricket ke bare me kuch pata hi nehi, kya bahes karu !!!!
Sunil Gavaskar was the first to prove that Indians can face quality pace bowling. Any batsman who scored centuries facing Clive Lloyds pacemen is great.
Exactly
Don't forget Denis Lilly Jeff Thompson Imran Khan Bob Willis
I have seen Sachin Tendulkar struggling against fast bowlers many times but Gavaskar was so stable, steady and reliable infront of the best bowling attack in the world
Compare the run rate of both please.
In those days , pace of run scoring was not pursued. The 5 day test match was super slow run making event. So yeah as time went on Sachin ,Shewag etc etc raised the bar due to change in format of the game and many other factors.
So one cannot compare in absolute terms , it's just one era vs another era.
Sachin faced a bigger array of fast bowlers than Sunil so that should be considered
McGrath made sachin dancing for many years...
No dought Sunil was more popular and better ....
Gavaskar was a rare genius, his powers of concentration were supreme, and he had immense belief in his abilities. First to make 10,000 test runs people thought the record would never be broken, I don’t think there’s any other Batman you can call to be technically superior to Gavaskar including the likes of Dravid. So yeah he was the OG maestro and he remains gold.
Sachin was a different player, very different. He was a prodigy, his batting was an almost reversal of Gavaskar. Sachin was a natural born stroke-maker, his mind worked differently and his body moved differently, he wanted to score runs quickly, when he was young he wanted to hit a boundary every delivery and he wanted to hit them hard not gently. In one of the interviews he said he was a huge fan of Sunny and Viv and he wanted to combine the two and dare I say he probably is the best mix there has ever been of Gavaskar and Richards. Most people don’t realize how good Sachin’s defense really was because he wouldn’t defend for long periods and sooner rather than later his mind and body got into positions where he could make strokes and score boundaries which results and an added % of risk and chance of getting out. Sachin used to play outrageous shots, the shots that bowlers couldn’t believe and then he tamed it down as he matured so yeah two very different kinds of players. At times Sunny has played amazing stringing innings and some impossible innings that I don’t see anybody else playing surviving on an impossible wicket for a session and on the on the other hand I’ve seen Sachin bringing out the wrath on unplayable pitches against lethal bowlers and owning them so two true masters and genius of batting. What a privilege to be an Indian.
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@sydmohe there is no match winning bowlers at that time and draw is equal to a win at that time
@sydmohe that's why the bowlers you praising can't dismiss pakisthan team all out even in one innings in 1977 test series pity bowlers completely slaughtered by ZaheerAbbas OK
@sydmohe the same allegations raised against all the teams till that era before neutral umpire concept was brought in
I watched how Sunil Gavaskar made his debut in 1971 in the West Indies tour. I watched his entire career. And I have seen Sachin Tendulkar. Sunil Gavaskar is the greatest of them all. It’s that simple to say.
Yeah
A player who never wore a helmet during his entire cricketing career facing the likes of Joel Garner,Andy Roberts,Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshall, etc.proves his ability of seeing the ball till the last minute and picture perfect technique.He is the best batsman India has ever produced of the era.Legend is the perfect word.
Yes none comes close to him.
@@jacobjacob6334 viv is the boss
Yes, truly said.
HE SET THE TREND OF HERALDING OF BUDDING OF BATTING STARS IN HIS PLAYING ERA. ROLE MODEL ABLE TO CARRYOUT THE ENTIRE INNINGS AND REMAINING NOT OUT OR ABLE TO SCORE CENTURY WITHIN 100 BALLS ALSO. PRODIGIOUS TALENT.
Gavaskar was a batting legend of his times. Clearly his love for Cricket is unmatchable by anyone as post retirement he is still in active touch with the game at 70+yrs. Very few past legends have given so much back to game. Long live legend Gavaskar.
Agreed, he was a gem
The greatest batsman ever next to Bradman
@sydmohmeid513 that 36 no, we can forgive him. It was initial days of people from test cricket adapting to one day. You cant stick to that and criticize him for lifetime
POST RETIREMENT GAVASKAR AGAIN SELFISH TO THE CORE. NEVER TOOK THE HARD ROUTE. COMMENTRY THE SELFISH WAY WAS HIS. HE COULD HAVE BEEN COACH... NO NO. HE COULD BAVE BEEN MANAGER OF THE TEAM ....NO NO. COMMENTARY KARNA HAI .... WOH BE SELFISH. AS IF HE IS SOME BIG PUNDIT BEYOND COMPARE. LOL
Without capability, records can be made my dear. He is lonely scorer that time in Indian team. Otherwise, induan team could not cross hundred runs without gavaskar.
The way Sunil Gavaskar faced Malcolm Marshall and Dennis Lilee was unimaginable 😊
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Against lillie he was failure..in 1977 sries lillie wasnt thr i n team, in 1979 series in india lillie wasnt thr due to kerry packer contract... in 1981 in austrailia in 6 innings gavaskar could only score 117 runs at 23 average while facing lillie .. in 1983 gavaskar was complete failure ( 72 runs with average of 12 ,he was last behind madanlal with yverage of 14 )
@SanG-tc3gb I am saying that lilee was a lethal baller who injured people facing him without a helmet ⛑️ safety kit was itself a challenge
@SanG-tc3gb I have seen as a spectator the experience of facing Thompson, Lillee, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts etc is a different level especially without a helmet ⛑️ because they sometimes adopted the famous body line technique of bowling from Douglas Jardine who was then captain of England and who used the technique to intimidate batsman of Australian in test series of 1932-33. I think 🤔 it was famiusly called Ashes.
@@SanG-tc3gb The recent famous nasal injury was suffered by the Mike Gatting batsman of England 🇬🇧 who faced Malcom Marshall in 1986 I think 🤔 it was in West Indies home pitch (please correct me) His nose 👃 was broken by Malcom fast bowling despite wearing a Helmet ⛑️ without a grill. In those days the ball used season leather stitched ball in red brown colour. And Malcom was an inspiration for me and millions of fans. But now a days I rarely watch cricket 🏏 😕 😅
No comparison between Gavaskar with Sachin. Gavaskar was a part of the team that was then not considered a serious team.
Remember 1971 tour of Windies & England. He overnight became a sensation on his maiden tour.
His technique was so sound, no bowler felt at ease bowling to him.
He had only Vishy at 4 as a top class companion.
Still he went on to make so many runs against the best teams in the world.
Still remember his centuries in both innings at Sydney in Australia. What a feat it was!
Truly an icon!
True, he was an icon!
And to my view he is the best batsman India ever produced !!!
Sunil Gavaskar never scored centuries in both innings in Sydney.
He scored 116,220 X WI in WI in 1971 ; 111,137 X PAK in PAK in 1978 ; 107,182* X WI in IND in 1978.
@@Rajhamsa1066yes in test matches no doubt
I know no one will agree with me today, that to my view Gavaskar in technically the best batsman ever !!! He faced top class fast bowling in their den without todays protective gears !! So imagine how he single handedly helped India many times to save from humiliations. And on those days he is the first person to reach 10k runs in test cricket . I must keep him on top of Indian batsmen rank even today .
Faced the most destructive bowlers of all times, and that he never wore a helmet itself is a testimony of his greatness.
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Gavaskar -a lion only on dry pitches
@@rajendrannairbhaskarapilla9875 Yea Gavaskar was a wolf clothed lion skin, sometimes serpent iike too....😂
Does he have any idea of cricket? It is ridiculous to listen to such rubbish comments from ignorant people like you.
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He declined to wear helmet when it was already in use while facing the deadly West Indians. Few narcissistic mentally retarded do not have the data and start vomiting whatever comes to their mouth.
Undoubtedly, the Indian cricket has been brought to such high level by Gavaskar !! The opening stands by him and single hand innings at many places either lead to a draw or victory 👌👍
Exactly he carried the team on his back
INDIAN CRICKET WENT DOWN UNDER BECAUSE OF CRICKET . IT TOOK LEGEND OF DHONI TO REMEDY IT
Could not agree more. He is undoubtedly and sometime single-handedly brought back the competitiveness to the Indian Cricket. Prior to his tenure, Indians played a game of gentleness and good spirited losers. I was a great critique of his defensive nature of batting along with many others. Looking back in time, it was necessary for him to do so in order to bring up the Indian Cricket on par with the rest of the world. His innings with Dilip Sardesai in defeating the Calipso Kings in 1971 is legendary and will live in time for a long time. I lived through that and still dumbfounded looking back.
I am a fan of Sunil Manohar Gavaskar since he came to Pakistan for the very first time to play 3 test match series in the year 1978-79. I was 10 years old at that time. He missed his hundred with only 3 runs in Faisalabad in the first innings of the first test match.. I was so sad, more than Gavaskar himself. But what a Champion batsman he was !!! In the third test at Karachi (1978-79), he scored a century in each innings of the test match (111 & 137). Although India lost the test match and the series but Gavaskar had already prvoed what a Master batsman he was. He was a brave opener and accepted the challenges he faced. He faced all the famous fast bowlers of that time. Jeff Thompson and Dennis Lillee (Australia) in their peak times when they were bowling their fastest deliveries. Roberts, Holding, Croft, Garner, Marshall (West Indies) all bowling greats. Imran Khan (Pakistan) at his peak. Botham, Willis, Hendrick, Old, (England) at their best. Richard Hadlee (NZ) the all time best all rounder from New Zealand. Gavaskar's best test innings for me was his 221 against England in 1979 when India needed 439 to win and ended at 430-9 in the fourth innings. The Master accepted the challenge and it was a battle against time. There was not much time to scoe 439 in the fourth innings. India had to bat faster and also not to lose wickets in order to score huge 439. Gavaskar showed his best skills , going at a faster speed, scoring runs. When he was dismissed at 221, India had already scored 367 out of 439. 83.5% runs had already been scored then. Only 16.5% runs to be scored by the later batsmen but they could manage only 430 and the match ended in a draw. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in his debut series against West Indies in West Indies in only 4 tests. This 774 runs is a world record till now for the most runs scored in a debut series. Gavaskar scored senturies on all 5 Test grounds of Australia batting against Australia with bowlers like Lillee and Thompson. Remember speed of a delivery was used to measure in 1970s at the spot where the ball reaches the batsman after travelling the 22 yards distance betwen the bowler's stumps and the batsman's stumps. At that time, Jeff Thompson's average speed was 91 miles/hour and his fastest delivery was measured at 99 miles/hour. If the speed was measured that time (in 1970s) in the first yard when the ball leaves the bowlers hand (just like it is measured now in the time of Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhter), then Thompson's speed would be around 100 miles / hour on average and fastest would be 110 miles/ hour. Now guys, imagine this speed of the fastest bowler of the world (THompson) bowling to Sunil Gavaskar on Australian wickets. On the other side of Thompson, there was Dennis Lillee the greatest of his time. Gavaskar faced them all with great courage and excellence. A lot more can be written on Gavaskar. Finally, I want to inform you all that my date and month of birth is the same as Sunil Gavaskar's, i.e., 10th of July. I wish if I could celebrate his birthday and my birthday together some 10th July.. I would be the most happiest person in the world then. It would be like a dream come true. Meeting your favorite cricketer after 45 years time. HAILE GAVASKAR !!! 🙂
You are big fan of him. Shabaash
The greatest opening batsman in world cricket. I have never seen such a beautiful and relaxed stance other than Sunil Gavaskar.
May God bless him.
yes!
@sydmohmeid513 A classical Singer upsets in cheap music.
One day Cricket used to be a Joker's game at that time for Sunny and Boycott -----
@sydmohmeid513 It is your opinion.
@sydmohmeid513 It is your opinion
@sydmohmeid513 Gavaskar's tecnique is delight to Watch --- Diky Bird(greatest umpire)
In his all time greatest Word eleven - Diky Choose
Gavaskar and
Vary Richards as Openers.
(Boycott was very angry for that)
I'm English so don't have detailed knowledge like native Indians might have. Many Indians call Tendulkar "the little Master" but to me it was Gavaskar. Saw him beat England almost on his own. Great player IMO
Yeah ,one of the best
Can't agree more, he is a legend
Gavaskar = Little Master
Tendulkar = Master Blaster
Sachin was known as Master Blaster. Sunil was the Little Master.
@@shrinivaskulkarni9657These names are created for dramatization. Sunil Gawaskar was above all that. If we exclude his last few years. He was far more reliable and better than anybody else.
Sir Viv - net practice bowlers,
Maikel Holding, Roberts, Marshall,Garner etc.
Gavaskar - net practice with
Ghawari,Madanlal,Amarnath,
After nine years With Kapil.
No doubt master of cricket and best Indian BATSMEN ever.
Yes the best
He is really much greater than any other batter. He played against the most fearful fast bowlers the cricket has ever seen without any protection gears and made 34 centuries which is nearly impossible for present batters. We are much fortunate to see him play against the most fierce fast bowlers the cricket has ever seen till date.
exactly
As an Australian I didn’t see him play against the West Indies, but I saw him score runs against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson at a time when they terrorized almost every batsman. No protection, no bouncer limits. His technique and courage were amazing. It was at a time when India was not the great cricketing power it is now, and he didn’t have much support.
EXACTLY
Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies. He has the maximum no. of runs & centuries scored by a player against the brutal pace bowling attack of west indies (without wearing helmet) -2,749 runs & 13 centuries Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs. He has scored the highest runs (774) in a series as a debutant. Until Sachin broke his record he has the record of highest test centuries (34).
I agree with you sir,
I have seen Gavaskar playing is top cricket,
He was Indian team best ever Opener and Batsman,
He was the best of best in my opinion
And he faces Lethal fast bowling during his cricket career.
Bowlers like,
Michael Holding,
Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Malcom Marshal, Dennis Lilie, Jeff Thompson, Imran Khan, Bob Willis and many more dangerous fast bowlers 1970s 1980s 1990s Era.
I ranked one of the best opening batsman and best batsman in the Test match and One day cricket history
Gavaskar was amazing.
Exactly 💯
A True Cricketing Legend The Great Sunil Gavaskar. The Great has spent all his life in Cricket even to this day hat’s off to this little Master s Dedication.
Facing genuine fast bowlers on bowling pitches without helmets, opening and building big innings. So he was great indeed!
Yeah
HE WAS THE ORNAMENT TO THE GAME. MANY PEOPLE MAY FORGET HIS NAME. BUT CRICKET GAME NEVER TILL EARTH AND HEAVEN PASS AWAY!
Exactly 💯
@sydmoheyes yes Gavaskar 's runs were not counted on Indian total as he played seperately for himself ok satisfied with comments?
Irrespective his score, he is the most perfect cricketer our country has ever produced.
Exactly
All time favorite.. Mad about him n his stardom.. what a man he is even with his personality 🙏
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DULL boring personality.............. total turn off sunny pai........ 36 not out in 60 overs ..... joke of the millenium
Better than everybody as a test opener Playing w/0 helmet.
Exactly
@sydmohmeid513Modi n bjp doing nothing for Hindu they only manipulating d things secures their win...so don't be oversmart now Hindu r wakeup n will resolve all issues by themselves
@sydmohmeid513, yahan bhi ? Koun ho bhai ??? He bhagwan!!!
Great opening batsman in the world.
No body can beat him.
Played without a helmet
@davidridgewell629oh yea!! You are of the types who himself has achieved nothing in life but always ready to gudge and defame the real achievers! If he was what you say, his records wouldn't be what it is today!
The best Indian batsman ever! No doubt whatsoever!!!! ❤
Exactly
Appreciate your interest in a player before you were born and the research you put in the same. Yes, Gavaskar was arguably the best test opening batsman the world has seen. However, you missed his most important trait that separated him from the others who had equally good technique - his concentration. Gavaskar’s ability to focus and concentrate for session after session, for every single ball, was incredible. Those of us who saw him bat live would recollect how unwavering his concentration was. He would never let his guard down. In fact he’d take fresh guard (pun unintended) after every break/milestone/interference and continue on with his innings like it was a fresh one.
Also, you got the Bodyline reference wrong. Bodyline tactic, or fast leg theory as it was also called, was about targeting the batsman’s upper body, with balls aimed outside the line of the leg stump, while placing a ring of fielders on the leg side for the catch when the batsman defends awkwardly. It was devised by English team to contain the great Don Bradman, and was banned immediately, and much before Gavaskar even started his career. Not more than two fielders could be placed behind square in the leg side and umpires warned the bowlers if they even sense intimidatory bowling targeted at the body of the batsman. While the West Indian fast bowing attack of late seventies and eighties was lethal, they did not resort to Bodyline tactic. They bowled within the revised laws, their bouncers would rear up from even good lengths, but it wasn’t the intimidating leg side tactic of Bodyline.
Thanks for correcting me😄
Sir, I slightly disagree with your statement about intimidatory bowling. So many beamers were hurled by West Indies and in fact, India concede a test match.
Sunil Gavaskar is par above Sachin, Virat, Rohit, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag etc. Imagine scoring runs against lethal pace attack on pot holed pitches and without helmet etc like gear; and he scored most of his runs abroad. No great fast bowlers are available to him to face and practise at the nets before the match is another issue. He is a glorious batsman
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No Doubt about this LEGENDARY MAN and A MAN WITH GOLDEB HEART.
SUNIL SIR LOTS OF LOVE
The quality of fast bowlers whom Sunny faced, that too without a helmet, makes him stand out against all batsmen, Tendulkar included.
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had he played with helmet he would have had average of 40 in tests. mediocre player
Sunil Gavaskar was such a stylish opening batsmen. His defence was immaculate. A great batsman of our times.
Exactly
Poor example for batting. Sunny was mediocre batsman. A dull player. TUK TUK TUK Dull boring player. Most Boring Player of All Time - BOAT
But quite slow batting...when he was playing 200 runs target was not achievable. He was not able to modify his game according to demand..
Complete batsman, no weaknesses. Could play all shots but curtailed them in the interest of the team.
Yes, put the team before himself
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If there was a player who put himself before the team, it was Gavaskar. He would take forever to score his century and as Captain took absolutely no risks, hence causing matches to end in draws. Bottom line-he only cared about his batting and captaincy records.
He was a real master of Criket..his stands is a stylish 1 cannot imitate...👌👍
The original "Little Master" who inspired generations of cricketeers! Thank you for this inspiring video🌹
Gavaskar is incredible, without helmet facing holding,Roberts, marshal, garner, lily, I have doubt with another even Sachin could get such runs, he is best, moreover no limitations of bouncer proved gavaskar the best battar of all time.
Sure
every one play without helmet in 80s. see viv richard. or javed miandad. gavaskar playeth without helmet as he could not score runs with helmet on. he got diverted focus turned off. a weakness. so he chose to not wear helmet and if he did wear it he would have had an average of 30. mediocre player
Simply put - high level of concentration, abilities to play deliveries on its marit, watching each ball from delivery to WK or played and most important of all, desire to bat against the best of bowlers of his era. To me he is and always will be a complete Opening batsman. Am honoured to have seen and have played against him.
Exactly..and it would have been a hell of time playing against him , right?
Problem was - do you watch him batting or do you concentrate on getting him out. It is a wonderful lesson in batsmanship and how he went about building his inning. Learned more that day than any day of playing
Facing world's fastest bowlers was no joke. That's without gadgets! His fight against Pakistan at B'lore test (year???) was beyond comparison, that too, against Abdul Qudir & Wasim Akram. Actually Gavasker taught Indian batsman how to tackle fast bowlers. 🙏
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Gavasks a tuk tuk player..... dull player.......... turned off spectators......... today his presence will guarantee that people walked out of stadiums mid match......... sorry pathetic indeed
1987 last test match of his carrier
Best opening, if not best batsman of his generation. Faced all those great fast bowlers, when the ball was new, and they were fresh. Master at pacing an innings as well.
Exactly, one of the best
@sydmohe.......keep venting out your frustration.....
He was not one of the best ...he was the best batsman
@sydmohe Gavaskar was an opening batsman, and his job was to see off the new ball, and stay there and accumulate runs. Viv Richards was a destructive middle order batsman, and yes, he entertained, and took the game away from the opposition. Richards perhaps had a slightly better eye, but there's not much between them. Chappell and Gower, were stylish and graceful, and you'd pay money, I would as well, just to see them bat for an hour. Boycott not as talented, but he was all about perseverance and sheer bloody mindedness ....as for Viswanath, not in the same league, but still a fine player.
@sydmohe Sunil Gavaskar is not only the greatest opener of this universe since 1971 (I have not seen cricket before 70s), but also the pioneer of opening techniques of test batting. He must not be compared with any middle-order batters. The role of middle-orders are completely different from the openers. The openers have to play much more vital role than the following batters. Openers lay the foundation stone of the innings fighting against the brand new ball. Next batters build the innings on this foundation. So, Gavaskar must not be compared with Vivian Richards, Greg Chapell, David Gower, Gundappa Viswanath or Javed Miandad.
सुनील गावस्कर भारत ही नहीं दुनिया के महान चुनिंदा बल्लेबाजों में एक
Exactly
No one can stand the greatness of Gavaskar in the cricket world !!!
Great batsman forever, he was one-man army of india batting.
Exactly, but sadly many people are not aware of this
His brother-in-law G. R. Vishwanath was the other Little Master. Gavaskar himself agrees that Vishy was a better bat than himself. The famous headliner in The Hindu "Vishwanath alone tames Roberts' pace" in that Chennai Test Match still lingers in the minds of those who read that day's newspaper.
Most selfish batsman ever born in India
Gavaskar a tuk tuk tuk player........ fully falthoo player.
@sydmohmeid513bakwas
Sunil Gavaskar is very much involved in the game, even after retirement he involved in the game. His comments were well received by the public in India and abroad also. Still today he looks like young and energetic. He faced so many fast bowlers . But no other bats men faced. And scored no of centuries, perticularly WI. God bless him.
Without playing against any true fast bowlers in the domestic circle, in the net, with no bowling machines around - he single handedly humbled the cricketing history's most fiercest bowling attack in their home soil, didn't even care to wear a helmet, didn't duck to avoid bouncers, oh & I forgot to mention that he is quite short in height even considering average height of a person in India yet his opponents were as tall as the pro NBA players.
This is actually similar to bringing a knife in a gunfight & winning.
Your video brought back memories from a long time back. I believe it was 1967 when my father took me to the then Brabourne Stadium - I was 7. I think it was a Ranji trophy match between Bombay and Baroda….and Nari Contractor scored a century. It was in one of those matches that Bombay featured a new opener, Sunil Gavaskar. I remember him opening for Bombay with another dashing player, Ramnath Parker. Often they would be the first and second slip fielders as well.
Bombay would often run up a big total before tea on the first day and put pressure on the other team by taking quick wickets before close of play and they would often win based on the first innings lead rule. At one time I recall, they played Bangalore and tried the same trick after tea. Bangalore lost two quick wickets. And then a little short guy came to bat at 2-down. My dad told me he was a new player and would not last under the pressure. But…whenever the ball touched his bat, it seemed to magically accelerate like a bullet to the fence, and in no time he reached 50! His name was Gundappa Rao Vishvanath.
Thank you for the memories.👍👍
He was one of the best🔥
He played without Helmet against the fearsome bowling attack as well is also the highlighting feature.
Jay Sanatan Dharm
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பார்ப்பனன் மட்டுமே ஆட வேண்டும் என்பது சனாதனிகளின் அசிங்கமான எண்ணம். 😂
The greatness of Gavaskar lies in the fact that he gave a confidence to the Indian team that we can be champions. PERIOD.
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Once Sunny said, "if you have a sound technique then you don't need helmet". Sunny is the best in my opinion
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SUNNY DID NOT WEAR HELMET COZ IF HE DID WEAR IT THEN HIS AVERAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN 40 OR 45 IN TESTS. HE COULD NOT ADJUST TO HELMET
Helmet saves you from nasty delivery which one can miss .... you get extra protection..
@@ANIRUDHDEV-ud6ue wearing helmet is a criteria of greatness ???
That was not a wise statement
A pitch with variable bounce can defeat the best of batsmen
Sunny was hit on the forehead at least once
He did wear a funny and dangerously weak helmet
A bowler can deliberately bowl a beamer that can hit u on the head
He can also knowingly bowl a no ball from 19- 20 yards at 150 kmph to knock u on the head
Facing extreme pace is always dangerous
SUNNY always remains the No. 1 batsmen ever seen in the history. ! He faced the one of finest pace battery attack & might of West Indies, Australian, Pakistan, England during 70's, 80s,
Little master, a legendary personality in world cricket
My favourite opener, even against extreme pace and movement he seemed to judge line , length and direction quickly and seemed immovable. Always seemed to move the score along quickly. I remember his final day double hundred chasing 400 against England so vividly. What a player he was.
yeah!
No one is better than Gavaskar.
No doubt
Amazing personality, fighter , leader , diplomatic & witty . A great idol for the young gen to learn from.
Sachin was good at playing attacking batting compared to gavaskar... gavaskar had technique better suited for test matches while Sachin was more suitable for odi ... both batsman were great at their time... both faced quality bowlers..... both were the backbone of india... both had good technique, patience and determination... both were run hungry... Tendulkar scored at much higher strike rate.... gavaskar mostly played ground shots while Tendulkar used to play all stroke including lofted strokes with mastery....both were players of crises...
Sunny's ODI career can be decided into two parts. In the initial stages he was very slow but after that he was very agressive. In fact Sunny had scored his century against Newzealand in 85 balls in WC.That was d fastest century for Indian batsmen for several years. He was running 102 degrees fever when he had scored that century.
@@ManojKumar-sf7cb , may be in his end carrier ( 1 -2 years ) he played little fast.... till 1985 he was playing odi just like test matches...
Sunil Gavaskar is by far the greatest Indian batsman ever.
He batted in an age when technology was not available as an aid. Neither were there various batsman favourable rules many of which have converted cricket into a spectacle.
Gavaskar has 20 centuries after 52 matches....second only to Don Bradman...Sachin had 11 I suppose...but if you see at 52 test matches Sachin was barely 23 years old.... gavaskar was 29 and Bradman 37 ...
For me, nobody will come within 3 miles of him. Recently watched an interview of Wasim Akram. He is still in awe of this LEGEND. Akram clearly told, it was his dream to get Gavaskar out and he could succeed only once in his career.......
According to my opinion, in the list of the greatest batsmen of Bharat, first comes Sunil Gavaskar and then comes Sachin Tendulkar.🌹🌹🌹
Sunil sir is the Greatest Of all time, Because in his era every team had a formidable bowling attack ,unlike today there was not much technology involved so that you could review your past performances and make improves , grounds were not as well maintained and preserved as they are now (Apart form few grounds in England, Australia and West indies )and most importantly not only he scored big runs against those teams , but was also sensible to share it with upcoming players that hugely benefitted from it , remember he played a mentor's role in guiding and shaping Tendulkar as a batsman FOR ME SUNIL GAVASKAR WILL BE THE ALL TIME GREATEST BATS MAN , THE ORIGINAL LITTLE MASTER.
I have not seen any one batting better than Gavaskar. He has batted against deadliest bowling attacks cricketing world has ever seen and smashed them to boundaries. Mind you he did all this without wearing a proper head gear or helmet. His batting was textbook style. He was far better than Tendulkar in his batting technique - the real Bharat Ratan.
Amazing player
Sunil Gavaskar the best batsman the world will ever see. Thanks for showing some beautiful batting.
Thank you for watching 🔥
When Gavaskar was playing there were no limits on "short stuff" (bouncers that would rise up and hit batsmen in the chest or head) as there are now. And still he managed to make over 10,000 Test runs and 34 Test centuries.
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Was searching for this comment. No body ever talks about the one bouncer per over rule introduced in the 1990s to tame the bowlers. Achievements of Sunil and batsmen of that generation will always be a notch higher than those who made career during and after 1990s.
@davidridgewell629That one day match of first world cup in 1975 was only only first or second one day match that India played before that one day cricket did not exist in India.We also played one full innings or two full innings matches in our childhood days .Players were not used to play one day cricket in their growing years.In his last world cup in 1987 Gavaskar scored his only hundred in one day in only eighty two balls only he began to adapt in one day format also but surely he was one of the best batsmen of the world.And he is regarded as the best opening batsman in test mathes by almost all the greats of the game.In Tests mathes in those days only 70 to 75 overs were bowled in a day with unlimited bouncers per over.90 overs per day rule and one bouncer per over rule came much later after Gavaskar retired in1987.Test cricket was played at a slow pace.If you compare with recent past,Gavaskar is ahead of Rahul Dravid in strike rate in test matches.Gavaskar held the record for India scoring 174 runs in a day in a test match which was broken later on by Sehwag ang Tendulkar.Cricket has evolved since gavaskar's retirement in1987.Don't disgrace idol of idols.He is one of the greatest ever to have graced the game.
@davidridgewell629That's your opinion
The real little master,Sunil Gavasker absolute genius of a batter, the greatest opening bat to have played cricket,he set the standards and broke many records along the way simply a genius
Faced 71 deafly fast blower without helmet in an Uncovered pitch.
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I have always been one of the great admirers of Sunny, the Little Master.
He was the best ever. No comparisons.
End of story.
During his time Sunny faced world class fast bowlers. I don't recall if he ever wore any helmet those days, Very stylish and tecnical batsman. During my childhood there were two players in Indian team we always spoke about in our friend circle. Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. Ofcourse there were many other good players in Indain team. No doubt. Every test match was like a 5 day festival. End of each day we would recall some best shots or best bowling. Someone in the group will demostrate how the ball came and how the shot was played. Well those were the days. Happy to have lived through these.
Sunil Gavaskar played Test Cricket opener without helmet facing most destructive fast bowler
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➡️ Remember Philip Hughes of Aus who died in 2014 when ball hit his head even though he was wearing a helmet. Imagine these old players who played without helmet or helmet without grill. I highly respect them bcos cricket back then had no money, No advertisements, No facilities ...it was pure passion n love for the game n country which made them risk their life.🙏
Sunil Gavaskar....hands down...NO Comparison at all!
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One of great batsman India has ever produced a runs making master of 20th century. Love from Pakistan
Thank you so much! And yeah he was one the best.
World's most successful,super, highly technically world's best Best man sunny Gavaskar
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Most Boring of All Time - Sunny pai
34 test centuries...an incredible achievement... remember in those days test matches were not as frequently played as today...else his tally would have been more than 50 centuries
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If this is a tribute to Sunny, he deserves more of these:
1. This thing about Gavaskar "played only for records" sounds like a stuck record. Was it so easy to face Imran, Hadlee, Thomson, Lillee, Holding, Roberts etc. and create records?! Wish there was just one more Indian batsman that time playing for records. We would beat every team in the world!
2. His baiters always cite his 36 n.o. in the first ever world cup. Every player, even a legend, has highs and lows. Citing one bad inning or even a bad patch will not tarnish a scintillating career.
Gavaskar was an exceptionally good batsman in an era when players dropped out of test series at the thought of a speed demon on a green top! Gavaskar's mental make up was of a fighter who never reared away from a challenge. That remains.
Gavaskar was BOAT - Most Boring of All Time
He was, he is the best opening Batsman of India in test cricket for all time.Not only that but he must be considered as the best opening batsman in test cricket in the world for his super batting Technique and temperament.
Agreed 100%
Many will have their own perspective but I think Sachin's stroke production was way awesome he was by far the most watchable batter I have seen in my lifetime.
He was the best Indian batsman ever . Period . The bowling attacks he faced and mastered in his time would have the paper tigers of today running for cover .
Gavaskar's technique was impecable. Sachin is nowhere close as far as the Little master's batting class is concerned.
He had mastered the batting technique of hitting the ball in the V all along the ground. His other class stroke was the front foot extra cover drive.
He was a treat to watch.
Absolutely no doubt about his class & temperament.
All cricket life he played without helmets. He was truly fearless master. Great S G.
Sunny gavaskar was the greatest batsman he played the fastest bowlers off all time truly the greatest
Sachin tendulkar just played for himself no where near as good as sunny Bhai tendulkar would not have been able to play in that era
Sunil gavaskr ne konsa match jitwaya bta .gavaskr ke 34 century hai.sachin isse kai jyada match jitwaye hai.
He is the best among all Then and Now as nobody is near to him till now !!!
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Gavaskar destroyed the West Indies 5 Fast Bowlers that has been dominating cricket for 2 decades starting in 1971.
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@sydmohe Call it what you will, notwithstanding his motives, his accomplishments stands for itself,
15 test hundreds against the West Indies pacers in their prime is no small feat.
Destroyed! Sniffing the white lines lol.
When he played in 1971 againt with, no holding roberts garner were thr,in 1974 and 1976 he got a mediocre success again in 1979 got good scores against weak bowling .in 1983 mohinder amaranth played better than him...in 1987 all fast bowlers were on verge of retirement except marshall .
We cannot compare players from pre helmet and post helmet days.Helmet does make a huge difference.
One thing I say having watched sunny from his debut..he never took a single blow on his body or head.Thdg shows his technical excellence.
Gavaskar was closer to Rahul Dravid than Tendulkar with his classic technique suited for the Test game. Like Rahul, he took a lot of time to figure out ODI with some of his best-attacking innings coming at a later time of his ODI career. Sachin started as a stroke maker who morphed into a grafter post-2004 Australian series. Even though I am a die-hard fan of Sachin Rahul was the best test player for India in the early 2000s while Sehwag with his attacking play was the best Test batsman in the late 2000s. Still saying all that none of them had the longevity Sachin had in the game.
Your subject should be object and vice-versa.
GAvaskar was a tuk tuk tuk player total bore ......... massive turn off for audience. His cricket would have seen the game perish. See Stokes in contrast. Stoksey cricket brings audience in droves to stadiums ....... Sunny was opposite
@@ANIRUDHDEV-ud6ueAbsolutely right.
Gavaskar was the greatest selfish batsman India had seen so far.I had been watching cricket since 1975
@@rajendrannairbhaskarapilla9875 you may place your personal view/s by all means. He was a top notch batsman in the world when we had zero fast bowlers. It is like acquiring a Ph.D. without having references, bibliography, textbooks etc.
आज के युवा रेडियो कमेंट्री के युग के उन्माद को कल्पना नहीं कर सकता जब पचास के दशक तक ज्यादातर लोगों के लिए रेडियो कार्यक्रम और सिनेमा हॉल ही पारिवारिक मनोरंजन का अत्यधिक महत्व का साधन बन गया था
SUNIL GAVASKAR was like a VICE CHANCELOR of a UNIVERSITY. Tendulkar is nothing in his comparison.
Sunil, Sachin, Virat all diffrent generation great batsman, cannot be compared. all are great in their right.
No one has to compare between any two or more legends!!❤
Gavaskar never became Mushtaq Ali and Sachin never became Gavaskar.. Each one is unique.. No point in comparing.
Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies. He has the maximum no. of runs & centuries scored by a player against the brutal pace bowling attack of west indies (without wearing helmet) -2,749 runs & 13 centuries Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs. He has scored the highest runs (774) in a series as a debutant. Until Sachin broke his record he has the record of highest test centuries (34).
Have lived through careers of both Sunil and Sachin. I consider Sunil to be the greatest batsman India has produced,while Sachin had much longer career and holds more records
Both are the gems of cricket
सुनील गावस्कर की बैटिंग इतनी शानदार थी देखकर तबियत खुश हो जाती थी. गावस्कर की बैटिंग style इतनी शानदार थी कि अगर एक run भी मिलता था तो हम सभी लोग खुश हो जाते थे. गावस्कर बगैर हेलमेट के वेस्ट इंडीज़ के चार खूंखार बॉलर्स को फेस करते थे. हम लोग दुआ करते रहते थे कि इनको चोट न लगने पाए. लेकिन 1974 मे चोट लग गई थी व. इंडीज में.
अब तक का इंडिया का बेस्ट batsman sunil gavaskar. We still like today.
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Gavaskar is just G.O.A.T🔥🔥🔥🔥
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He was the most boring of all time .. BOAT
He faced a much stronger and superior quality bowling undoubtedly.. And successful. So he is a legend and stands above modern era great Tendulkar.
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He played against most lethel bowlers on bowlers friendly pitches. He is the greatest batsman of the world.
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no match to Mr Gavaskar.. he is matchless, immaculate and the finest !
Greatest opening Batsman,so comfortable in front of super fast bowlers.
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A run machine, cricket is in his blood. Pure cricket devotee.
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Very correct technic, faced some fearsome bowlers the game has seen and especially a true gentleman.
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Been fortunate enough to watch at least 10 of his centuries LIVE on Doordarshan ..❤
You are lucky🔥