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• • • Sunil Gavaskar SLAMS Rahul Dravid For Not Picking Ravi Ashwin in India’s Playing XI For WTC Final Sunil Gavaskar SLAMS Rahul Dravid For Not Picking Ravi Ashwin in India’s Playing XI For WTC Final As per Gavaskar, Ashwin should have been included considering Australia have five left-handers in their XI. WTC Final 2023 (Image: Twitter) London: Once the toss took place and Rohit Sharma revealed his playing XI for the World Test Championship final at the Oval, the big talking point was the omission of Ravichandran Ashwin. India picked up early wickets but then when the pitch became better to bat on and Steve Smith along with Marnus Labuschagne took charge of proceedings, once felt Ashwin was being missed. While most criticised the call, former India batting legend Sunil Gavaskar reckoned India has missed a trick. As per Gavaskar, Ashwin should have been included considering Australia have five left-handers in their XI. Also Read: • • • “India missed a trick by not playing Ravi Ashwin. He’s the No. 1 Ranked bowler. You don’t look at the pitch for players like him. You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don’t pick the number one bowler in Test cricket. This decision from Team India is beyond my understanding. I would have picked him in place of Umesh Yadav, who was out of action and looks out of rhythm,” he said. Australia reached 327 for 3 at stumps on the the opening day of their World Test Championship Final. Travis Head and Steve Smith were batting o...

• Test debut(cap 6 March 1971v Last Test 13 March 1987v ODI debut(cap 13 July 1974v Last ODI 5 November 1987v Domestic team information Years Team 1967–1982 1980 Career statistics Competition Matches 125 108 348 151 Runs scored 10,122 3,092 25,834 4,594 51.12 35.13 51.46 36.17 100s/50s 34/45 1/27 81/105 5/37 Top score 236 103 340 123 380 20 1,953 108 1 1 22 2 206.00 25.00 56.36 40.50 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/34 1/10 3/43 1/10 Catches/ 108/– 22/– 293/– 37/– Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: ( help· info); born 10 July 1949), is an Indian cricket Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against Gavaskar is a recipient of the Indian sports honour of the Domestic debut [ ] Born in India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1966 while playing for his school. He scored 246*, 222 and 85 in school cricket in his final year of secondary education before striking a century against the touring London schoolboys. He made his first-class debut for Test debut [ ] First test match win in West Indies [ ] After missing the first Test due to nail infection, First Test century and first series victory over West Indies [ ] He followed this with his first century, 116 and 64* in the third Test in England tour [ ] Gavaskar's arrival in England tour of India [ ] In 1972–73, England toured India for a five-Test series, Gavaskar's first on home soil. He was ineffective in the first three Tests, accumulating only sixty runs in five innings as India t...

Sunil Gavaskar Quick Info Height 5 ft 5 in Weight 72 kg Date of Birth July 10, 1949 Zodiac Sign Cancer Spouse Marshneill Mehrotra Sunil Gavaskar is a former Indian cricketer who played for the national cricket team from the 1970s to the 1980s. During his decade long cricket stint, Sunil was regarded as one of the best Test innings batsmen in the history of Test cricket. He is a record-setting batsman who once held the record for the highest number of centuries made in Test innings and also for scoring centuries in both innings of Test innings thrice. Born Name Sunil Manohar Gavaskar Nick Name Sunny, Little Master Sunil Gavaskar as seen in a picture taken on April 12, 2011, in Mumbai after his arrival from Kolkata (Bollywood Hungama / Sun Sign Cancer Born Place Bombay, Bombay State, India Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Nationality Education Sunil studied at St Xavier’s High School, Fort before attending the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. Occupation Former Cricketer Family • Father– Manohar Gavaskar • Mother– Meenal Mantri • Siblings– Kavita Viswanath (Sister), Nutan Gavaskar (Sister) (Former Cricketer) • Others– Madhav Mantri (Uncle) (Former Cricketer), Gundappa Viswanath (Brother-In-Law) (Former Cricketer) Build Average Height 5 ft 5 in or 165 cm Weight 72 kg or 159 kg Girlfriend / Spouse Sunil’s name has been linked with – • Marshneill Mehrotra– They have a son named Rohan Gavaskar (b. February 20, 1976). Sunil Gavaskar as seen in a picture with Prime Minister R...

By India Today Web Desk: Former India batter Sunil Gavaskar's mother passed away on Sunday morning, 25 December due to age-related issues. Meena Gavaskar, an influential figure in the upbringing of the Indian maestro was 95 years old. Gavaskar was commentating in Dhaka in India vs Bangladesh's second Test match, and continued his duties in the fourth day of the Test match. Meena is survived by three children, Sunil, Nutan and Kavita, their children and their grandchildren. Tributes poured in for Gavaskar's mother from all across the cricketing community who joined the family in mourning. Gavaskar's mother used to help the right hander practice in his childhood and pushed to fulfil the dream of the young child. Gavaskar would later go on to become one of the best batters of his generation and one of the all time greats India has produced in the Test format of the game. In the era where helmets were not an accessory, Gavaskar played with elegance, braving out incredible pace attacks from West Indies, England and Australia.

Sunil Gavaskar is one of the biggest names in Indian cricket, arguably the greatest Indian batsman ever. What probably tilts the debate in his favour is that he played at a time when international cricket was replete with deadly fast bowers with no modern-day helmets for protection. Of his 34 Test centuries, highest at the time, thirteen came against the West Indies who boasted one of the best fast bowling line-ups ever. In his first Test series in the West Indies in 1971, Gavaskar scored a whopping 774 in four matches as India registered a historic 1-0 series win. He enjoyed playing the Windies as he scored four centuries twice in a series against them. His highest Test score of 236 also came against the Caribbean nation in Chennai, 1983. The first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs, Gavaskar was a part of four World Cup campaigns including India’s maiden World Cup title triumph in 1983. Two years later he also led India to win in the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. Predominantly a Test player, Gavaskar did not have the best of times in ODIs. Having made his ODI debut in 1974, he found it tough to replicate his Test cricket exploits in the then shortest format of the game. His innings of 36 not out off a whopping 174 deliveries earned him a lot of flak, but this was the way he continued batting till his penultimate ODI. Against New Zealand, he cracked the then fastest World Cup hundred for an Indian despite running a high temperature. Incidentally, it was also ...