Sunil Gavaskar

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Sunil Gavaskar
Gavaskar in 2012
Sheriff of Mumbai
In office 1995–1996
Preceded by	I. M. Kadri
Succeeded by	Subir Kumar Choudhury
Personal information
Full name	Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Born	(1949-07-10) 10 July 1949 (age 77) Bombay, Bombay Province, Dominion of India
Nickname	Sunny, Little Master {one of two Mumbai born cricketers who were given that nickname by the people of India along with Sachin Tendulkar}
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Opening batsman
Relations	Madhav Mantri (uncle) Manohar Gavaskar (father) Meenal Gavaskar (mother) Marshneil Gavaskar (wife) Rohan Gavaskar (son) Kavita Vishwanath (sister) Gundappa Viswanath (brother-in-law)
International information
National side	India (1971–1987)
Test debut (cap 128)	6 March 1971 v West Indies
Last Test	13 March 1987 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 4)	13 July 1974 v England
Last ODI	5 November 1987 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1967–1982	Mumbai
1980	Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 125 108 348 151 Runs scored 10,122 3,092 25,834 4,594 Batting average 51.12 35.13 51.46 36.17 100s/50s 34/45 1/27 81/105 5/37 Top score 236* 103* 340 123 Balls bowled 380 20 1,953 108 Wickets 1 1 22 2 Bowling average 206.00 25.00 56.36 40.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/34 1/10 3/43 1/10 Catches/stumpings 108/– 22/– 293/– 37/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1983 England and Wales ACC Asia Cup Winner 1984 United Arab Emirates
Source: CricketArchive, 5 September 2008

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (born on 10 July 1949) is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played India from 1971 to 1987. He became the first batsman to pass 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

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