Former Indian Pacer Karsan Ghavri has opened about the rare side of Sunil Gavaskar, which is rarely heard by the cricket world. Gavari remembered how Sunil Gavaskar Sometimes it is also going against the flow of the Indian cricket team, it can twist the situation with its own will.
In the 1970s, the Indian Cricket was looking for an identity on the world stage, and when Gavaskar emerged as the face of boldness. The younger master was low in height, but was walking in courage, and every time he went out to bat, the team’s expectations went ahead.
Karsan Ghavri revealed the untold side of Sunil Gavaskar
He faced scary fast bowlers West indiesAustralia and England became a symbol of bravery without a helmet. Recently, Gavri recalled one of the most famous and controversial moments of his career in the 1975 World Cup.
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In India’s initial match against England, the former Indian captain scored just 36 runs with 174 balls in a 60 -over game, surprising everyone by playing unusually slow innings. The fans were disappointed, the team partners were shocked, and critics could not stop banging the young batsman.
But Gavaskar never explained himself, as it was not about entertaining the crowd, but it was about sticking to his method, as mentioned by his former team partner. However, the famous batsman went to break the record after a record, became the first player to score 10,000 Test runs.
He does not listen to anyone: Karsan Ghavri
Karsan Ghawari told Vicky Lalwani on his YouTube channel, “As Indian cricketers, they did not know how to play a day’s cricket. In the first match, in the first match, England Scored 334 runs, but when we came to bat, Sunil played all 60 overs in that special match. So many times, messages were sent, asking him to either speed up or get out, trying to take the speed.
But Sunil Gavaskar was Sunil Gavaskar in the 1970s. He does not listen to anyone. He only played Tony Grig, Gender Arnold, Chris Old and Bob Willis. The reason he gave after the match, “I was facing these people, practicing against him for future test matches”. There was upheaval in the dressing room. When our manager asked him, Gavaskar said, “Leave me alone.”
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When Sunil Gavaskar batted at the Prime Minister
Ghavri also recalled a famous incident when Gavaskar refused to meet from when Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai during a Test match during a Test match Australia At Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. That day, India was ready to bat first, and Gavaskar was already padded in the dressing room.
Just then, the former Prime Minister reached the stadium to meet both teams. Since Morarji Desai came for a while, the introduction was arranged after the toss, as Gavaskar was preparing to go out for India and open the innings, and he was focusing.
Gavri recalled, “Everyone went out, but Sunil said,” I am not coming. ” He said, ‘Let me focus. They left him alone. ,
Sunil Gavaskar can get away from murder !!
Gavaskar stayed back to the dressing room, as he was not ready to break his concentration even for a few minutes that could affect his batting. Later, the former Prime Minister especially came to the Indian dressing room to meet Gavaskar.
Ghavri said, “Sunil batted till tea and scored some runs. At the end of the day’s game, we did not know that PM had come to the dressing room only to meet Gavaskar. It is that Sunil Gavaskar, in his head, from 1971 to 1987, was always a champion. He could be away with murder.”
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