Profile details
- Born
- 10 Jul 1949
- Birthplace
- Mumbai
- State listed
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Position
- Batter
- Sport
- Cricket
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Arjuna Award
- ▸Padma Bhushan
- ▸Padma Shri
- ▸Wisden Cricketer of the Year
Statistics
About
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: [suniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ]; born 10 July 1949), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He captained the Indian national cricket team while representing India and Mumbai from 1971 to 1987. He was the first batsman to pass 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
Biography adapted from Sunil Gavaskar on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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