Sunil Gavaskar, one of India's greatest batters, turned 74 on Monday and wishes flooded the 'Little Master' across social media platforms. Among those was a beautiful message from Sachin Tendulkar.
One of India's greatest batters of all time, Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 74th birthday on Monday (July 10) and wishes flooded across social media platforms for the legendary 'Little Master'. One notable wish for Gavaskar came from another 'Little Master' Sachin Tendulkar, who took to Twitter to post a beautiful message for the man whom he idolised growing up.
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"Happy birthday to my batting idol, the man we all wanted to bat like while growing up. Happy birthday, Gavaskar sir!," Tendulkar tweeted on the occasion.
Happy birthday to my batting idol, the man we all wanted to bat like while growing up.
Happy birthday, Gavaskar sir! pic.twitter.com/LdfmPy2w0S
Gavaskar, a notable member of India's 1983 World Cup-winning team, had held the record for the most centuries ever scored in a Test match. The Mumbai native ended his career with 45 half-centuries and 34 centuries to his credit after amassing more than 10,000 runs in red-ball cricket.
1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ World Cup-winner 🏆
233 intl. games
13,214 intl. runs 👌🏻
First batter to score 1️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ runs in Tests 👏🏻👏🏻
Here's wishing Sunil Gavaskar - former Captain & batting great - a very Happy Birthday. 👏🏻🎂 pic.twitter.com/WmZSyuu0Lj
Reliving some of his greatest hits and records, some of which have lasted the test of time, is the perfect way to honour this cricketing giant's 74th birthday.
5’5 but stood tall and feared nothing. 😵
Happy birthday to India’s Little Master and World Cup winner, Sunil Gavaskar. 💗 pic.twitter.com/frcRHXHs39
"It was Gavaskar
The real master
Just like a wall
We couldn't out Gavaskar at all, not at all
You know the West Indies couldn't out Gavaskar at all"
Such was his greatness that even the opposition wrote songs about him 🙌🏽 Happy Birthday Sunny bhai, have a great one 🎂😊 pic.twitter.com/6qsqZ7HVZ8
Gavaskar became the first cricketer to score 10,000 Test runs in March 1987, a feat that at the time no one could have ever dared to dream of, much less aspired to. The 'Little Master' had a stunning 10,122 runs against him by the time the legend gave his final speech and went into the cricketing dusk.
The number is startling in cricketing jargon, made even more so when one realises that they were achieved against players like Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Jeff Thompson, and Denis Lillee, to name a few, on some of the most inhospitable of surfaces.
Happy Birthday to the legend Gavaskar Sir! 🎂 Thank you for being such a strong pillar that has helped shape and a total inspiration. pic.twitter.com/5Tx46aQ1FT
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)🔹 1983 World Cup winner 🏆
🔹 13,214 international runs 💪
🔹 First batter to register 10,000 runs in Tests 🔝
🔹 First batter to score a 💯 in both innings of a Test thrice 🔁
Here's wishing, the Sunil Gavaskar, a very Happy Birthday! 🎂👏 pic.twitter.com/eTMKvWz25k
For a good amount of time, Sunny held the record for the most Test hundreds. Gavaskar played 125 Test matches for India and registered 34 hundreds. Before 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar dwarfed it in 2005, the record appeared to many to be insurmountable.
A खडूस Mumbaikar, 1st player to hit 10,000 runs in Test cricket & 🇮🇳's Little Master!
Wishing Sunny Gavaskar a very Happy Birthday 🥳💙 pic.twitter.com/t8s7sI2YTW
The 'Little Master' scored 13 hundreds against the West Indies in 27 Tests. The Caribbeans were a formidable red-ball squad in the 1970s and 1980s, as history would attest, but where most batters would have failed or crumbled, Gavaskar succeeded and thrived, setting batting records against some of the most feared quicks in the world.