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Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s full Name is Sunil Manohar Gavaskar. Sunil Gavaskar’s nickname is Sunny or Little Master. Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s birthday is on 10 July 1949. Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s age is 73 years as of 2022.  Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s birthplace is Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s zodiac sign is Cancer. Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s height is 1.65m or 5\u20195. Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s religion is Hinduism. Sunil Gavaskar did right-handed batting. Sunil Gavaskar was an opening batsman.<\/p>

With a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who had a four-pronged fast bowling assault regarded as the most ruthless in Test history, Sunil Gavaskar<\/a><\/strong> was universally recognized for his technique against fast bowling. The majority of Gavaskar’s hundreds against West Indies, meanwhile, came against their backup team when their four-pronged attack wasn’t functioning as a unit. Despite the Indian side winning the 1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, his leadership of the team was cited as being less successful.<\/p>

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Sunil Gavaskar Biography<\/strong><\/h2>

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Real Name<\/strong><\/td>Sunil Manohar Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
Nick Name:<\/strong><\/td>Sunil Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
Birth Place:<\/strong><\/td>Mumbai, India<\/td><\/tr>
Date Of Birth:<\/strong><\/td>10 July, 1949<\/td><\/tr>
Age:<\/strong><\/td>74 years old<\/td><\/tr>
Height:<\/strong><\/td>In Centimetres \u2013 165 cm
In Feet and Inches \u2013 5\u20195\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Weight:<\/strong><\/td>In Kilograms \u2013 76 kg
In Pounds \u2013 168 lbs<\/td><\/tr>
Eye Color:<\/strong><\/td>Dark brown<\/td><\/tr>
Hair Color:<\/strong><\/td>Black<\/td><\/tr>
Parents Name:<\/strong><\/td>Father \u2013 Manohar Gavaskar
Mother \u2013 Meenal Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
Siblings<\/strong>:<\/td>Kavita Viswanath and Nutan Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
School:<\/strong><\/td>St Xavier\u2019s High School<\/td><\/tr>
College:<\/strong><\/td>St Xavier\u2019s College<\/td><\/tr>
Religion:<\/strong><\/td>Hinduism<\/td><\/tr>
Nationality:<\/strong><\/td>Indian<\/td><\/tr>
Zodiac Sign:<\/strong><\/td>Cancer<\/td><\/tr>
Gender:<\/strong><\/td>Male<\/td><\/tr>
Marital Status:<\/strong><\/td>Married<\/td><\/tr>
Wife\/Spouse Name:<\/strong><\/td>Marshneill Gavaskar (m. 1974)<\/td><\/tr>
Kids\/Children Name:<\/strong><\/td>Rohan Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
Profession:<\/strong><\/td>Cricket Commentator and former cricketer<\/td><\/tr>
Net Worth:<\/strong><\/td>$35 million (Rs- 290 Crore INR)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>

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Sunil Gavaskar Net Worth<\/strong><\/h2>
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Name<\/strong><\/td>Sunil Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
Full Name<\/strong><\/td>Sunil Manohar Gavaskar<\/td><\/tr>
Net Worth (2024)<\/strong><\/td>$35 Million<\/td><\/tr>
Net Worth In Indian Rupees<\/strong><\/td>290 Crore INR<\/td><\/tr>
Profession<\/strong><\/td>Cricketer<\/td><\/tr>
Monthly Income<\/strong><\/td>2 Crore +<\/td><\/tr>
Yearly Income<\/strong><\/td>25 Crore +<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>

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Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s Family<\/strong><\/h2>
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Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s father\u2019s name was Manohar Gavaskar and his mother\u2019s name was Meenal Gavaskar. Sunil Gavaskar has two sisters whose names are Kavita Viswanath and Nutan Gavaskar. At birth, a baby belonging to a fisherman was swapped for Sunil Gavaskar. Since the youngster had a birthmark close to his ear, it was his uncle who realized that he was not Sunil. Sunil was raised in a middle-class household. It was not surprising that he had a fondness for cricket from an early age. His maternal uncle Madhav Mantri was a former Indian Test wicketkeeper, while his father had been a successful club player.<\/p>

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Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s Career<\/strong><\/h2>

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Sunil Gavaskar, who was born in Mumbai to a middle-class Marathi family and attended St. Xavier’s High School, won the 1966 India’s Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award while competing for his school. Before hitting a century against the visiting London schoolboys in his final year of secondary school, he scored 246*, 222, and 85 in school cricket. In 1966\u201367, he played in his first-ever first-class match for Vazir Sultan Colts XI against an XI from Dungarpur, but he remained a member of Bombay’s Ranji Trophy team for the following two years without taking part in a game. He attended Bombay’s St. Xavier’s College and made his debut against Karnataka in the 1968\u20131969 season. He made a duck, however, and was the target of mocking claims that his selection was influenced by the fact that his uncle Madhav Mantri, a former Indian Test wicketkeeper, served on the selection committee for Bombay. He followed up by scoring 114 against Rajasthan in his second game, and two more successive centuries led to his selection for the 1970\u201371 Indian team’s West Indies trip.<\/p>

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Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s Marriage<\/strong><\/h2>

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Marshneil Gavaskar is a native of Kanpur and the daughter of one of the city’s most illustrious leather manufacturers. Marshneil enjoyed watching cricket matches at stadiums with her family and friends, just like every other Indian. The young Marshneil had travelled from Kanpur to Delhi, the capital of the country, for her studies. The young Marshneil made the decision to see the Indian team play a match in Delhi in the year 1973 with her pals from the stands. The small group of Marshneil had gone to the stadium and had the opportunity to collect the autographs of several of the Indian cricket players around lunchtime.<\/p>

Sunil Gavaskar married Marshneil on 23 September, 1974. After two years, on February 20, 1976, Marshneil gave birth to a baby boy whom they called Rohan Gavaskar, and the couple experienced parenting for the first time. Their son, Rohan, was a cricketer who competed for India in 11 One Day Internationals but was unable to get a berth on the team. In honor of Sunil Gavaskar’s three favourite cricketers\u2014Rohan Kanhai, M. L. Jaisimha, and Rohan’s uncle Gundappa Vishwanath\u2014his father gave Rohan the name Rohan Jaivishwa. Even though Rohan Sunil Gavaskar is the name that is typically recorded. Vivaan, a small boy, and Reya, a stunning girl, are the grandchildren of Sunil and Marshneil Gavaskar today.<\/p>


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Test Debut<\/strong><\/h3>

Sunil Gavaskar struck 65 and 67 not out in the second Test in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, after missing the first due to a nail infection, scoring the winning runs that handed India its first-ever victory against the West Indies.

Then, in the third test in Georgetown, Guyana, Sunil Gavaskar scored 116 and 64*, and in the fourth test in Bridgetown, Barbados, he scored 1 and 117*. These two innings marked the first 100 for Sunil Gavaskar. He went back to Trinidad for the fifth Test, when his scores of 124 and 220 helped India defeat the West Indies in a series for the first time ever and the only time until 2006.<\/p>

Captaincy<\/strong><\/h3>

Despite having a middling track record, Sunil Gavaskar led the Indian team on multiple occasions in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He frequently used conservative strategies that produced lots of draws because he was armed with uninspiring bowling assaults. Sunil Gavaskar became one of the nation’s top pace bowlers during his leadership. With 30 games played in draws, he led India to nine wins, eight losses, and one tie.<\/p>

A six-match Test series against West Indies was Sunil Gavaskar’s maiden series in command. The numerous great centuries by Gavaskar were in contrast to his numerous failures. He became the first Indian to achieve a double century in India against the West Indies with his 205 in the First Test.<\/p>

Retirement<\/strong><\/h2>

India made a tour of Australia in 1985\u201386. Three tests were drawn in all. Sunil Gavaskar finished the series with 352 runs at 117.33 after scoring an undefeated 166 in the first test in Adelaide and 172 in the third test in Sydney. He managed only 185 runs at 30.83 during a three-Test tour of England, which India won 2-0 despite his underwhelming performance. India had a lengthy schedule of eleven home Test matches in 1986\u20131987, Gavaskar’s final season playing Test cricket. Gavaskar scored 90 runs in the second innings of the First Test in Madras (now Chennai) against an Australian team, giving India a chance to meet the objective of 348 runs. The match ended in a tie. He finished the series with 205 runs at 51.66 after scoring 103 in the third test.\u00a0<\/p>

Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s Books<\/strong><\/h2>
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Including his own autobiography, Sunny Days: An Autobiography, published in 1976, Gavaskar also penned four books on cricket. His other publications are-<\/p>