Turning Point

Joining the St. Xaviers high School proved the turning point of Gavaskars carrier as the school boasted of many recognized players, including Ashok Mankad. Playing for Bombay, Sunny scored 246 in the Cooch Behar Trophy in 1965 66. Sunils prolific run getting saw him get selected for the All India schools team against the touring London Schoolboys. Young Gavaskar was awarded with the J.C.Mukherjee Trophy for the Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1965 66.. Subsequently, he was selected for the Bombay University and the Bombay Ranji Trophy team.