Sunil Gavaskar
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Sunil Gavaskar is a legendary Indian opening batsman widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, renowned for his prolific Test run-scoring and record-breaking centuries.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricketer
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Padma Bhushan
ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batsman ⓘ |
| captainedTeam | India national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Rohan Gavaskar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-07-10 ⓘ |
| familyName | Gavaskar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
opening batting in Test cricket
ⓘ
technique against fast bowling ⓘ |
| fullName | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Sunil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFame | ICC Cricket Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestTestScore | 236* ⓘ |
| internationalDebutAgainst | West Indies cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalDebutFormat | Test cricket ⓘ |
| internationalDebutYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| occupation |
columnist
ⓘ
cricket administrator ⓘ cricket commentator ⓘ |
| odiCenturies | 1 ⓘ |
| odiHalfCenturies | 27 ⓘ |
| odiMatchesPlayed | 108 ⓘ |
| odiRunsScored | 3092 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bombay
NERFINISHED
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Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Bombay cricket team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset County Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ West Zone cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordHeld |
first player to score 10000 runs in Test cricket
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most Test centuries at time of retirement ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | opening batsman ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| spouse | Marshneil Gavaskar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testBattingAverage | 51.12 ⓘ |
| testCaptaincyPeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| testCenturies | 34 ⓘ |
| testHalfCenturies | 45 ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 125 ⓘ |
| testRunsScored | 10122 ⓘ |
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