Sunil Gavaskar
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Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar Sunny Gavaskar is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005.
Full name Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Born 10 July 1949 (age 64)
Bombay, Bombay State, Dominion of India
Nickname Sunny, Little Master
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Opening batsman
Relations MK Mantri (uncle), RS Gavaskar (son), GR Viswanath (brother-in-law)
National side
India
Test debut 6 March 1971 v West Indies
Last Test 13 March 1987 v Pakistan
ODI debut 13 July 1974 v England
Last ODI 5 November 1987 v England