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In the Third Test in Faisalabad, Gavaskar managed an unbeaten 127 in the second innings to force Pakistan into a run chase, but the other two losses were substantial, both by an innings. Despite holding on for draws in the last two Tests, Gavaskar was replaced by Kapil Dev as captain after the 3–0 loss.
Sunil Gavaskar is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the Indian cricket team. In a career spanning over 16 years he made 35 centuries (100 or more runs) at the international level. [2] Described as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, [3] [4] Gavaskar played 125 Test matches and scored 10,122 runs. [3]
Imran Khan and Wasim Akram's partnership of 112 runs in Pakistan's first innings was the country's record for the eighth wicket against India. [2] Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar's (Ind) partnership of 200 runs in their first innings was the highest for the first wicket against Pakistan by any country. [2] 5 February was a rest day
India's innings started badly when home-town hero Sunil Gavaskar was bowled by Philip DeFreitas for 4. The middle order, led by Mohammad Azharuddin , revived the home crowd's hopes, but after off-spinner Eddie Hemmings struck with four wickets, the chase collapsed, with the last five wickets falling for only 15 runs.
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests. Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. [1] [2] In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of ...
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, fourth Test, day two, Melbourne. Australia 474: Smith 140, Labuschagne 72, Konstas 60, Khawaja 57; Bumrah 4-99, Jadeja 4-78) India 164-5: (Jaiswal 82, Kohli 36; Boland 2-24 ...
The Indian Sunil Gavaskar's innings of 220, made against the West Indies in 1971, remains the highest individual score at the Queen's Park Oval. Sunil Gavaskar is also the only overseas player to have scored four Test centuries at the ground, the others are Everton Weekes, Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharran. Everton Weekes's 207, made against ...
Innings Series 1 774 Sunil Gavaskar: 4 8 Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71: 2 732 6 9 West Indies in India in 1978: 3 712 Yashasvi Jaiswal: 5 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2024: 4 692 Virat Kohli: 4 8 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2014: 5 655 5 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2016: Last updated: 6 March 2024 [107]