However, most of Gavaskar's centuries against West Indies were against their second string team when their four-pronged attack were not playing. Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies team, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history. He was the first Test batsman to score 10,000 Test runs in a career and now stands at number 12 on the group of 13 players with 10,000-plus Test runs. He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match three times. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen and one of the best opening batsmen in Test cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman.
info) born 10 July 1949) is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer representing India and Bombay from the early 1970s to the late 1980s.Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: pronunciation ( help
