Hyderabad: As former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar celebrates the 50th anniversary of his Test debut, the batting legend on Saturday made his social media debut as he finally created an account on Instagram.
Sunil Gavaskar's son Rohan tweeted about his father making a debut on Instagram and he captioned the post as: "Another debut !! This time on Instagram."
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Celebrating 5️⃣0️⃣ glorious years of the legendary former #TeamIndia Captain Mr. Sunil Gavaskar's Test debut today 🙌🏻 🇮🇳 @GCAMotera @Paytm pic.twitter.com/XVcTJfqypg
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 6, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Celebrating 5️⃣0️⃣ glorious years of the legendary former #TeamIndia Captain Mr. Sunil Gavaskar's Test debut today 🙌🏻 🇮🇳 @GCAMotera @Paytm pic.twitter.com/XVcTJfqypg
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 6, 2021Celebrating 5️⃣0️⃣ glorious years of the legendary former #TeamIndia Captain Mr. Sunil Gavaskar's Test debut today 🙌🏻 🇮🇳 @GCAMotera @Paytm pic.twitter.com/XVcTJfqypg
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 6, 2021
In his first post on Instagram, Gavaskar shared an old photo and he captioned the post as: "Hello Instagram. I think I am ready for another debut."
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The BCCI also felicitated Sunil Gavaskar for his contribution to Indian cricket as BCCI secretary honoured the batting great during the lunch break on day three of the ongoing fourth Test between India and England.
Gavaskar made his Test debut on March 6, 1971, against West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Over his career, Gavaskar went on to break many batting records and established himself as one of the finest batsmen to ever play the game.
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Absolute privilege to share commentary box with #SunilGavaskar .50 years ago, #SunnyBhai made his Test debut and the best thing about the living legend is that he still wants to learn something new from the game. pic.twitter.com/6Od9xchGxq
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 6, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Absolute privilege to share commentary box with #SunilGavaskar .50 years ago, #SunnyBhai made his Test debut and the best thing about the living legend is that he still wants to learn something new from the game. pic.twitter.com/6Od9xchGxq
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 6, 2021Absolute privilege to share commentary box with #SunilGavaskar .50 years ago, #SunnyBhai made his Test debut and the best thing about the living legend is that he still wants to learn something new from the game. pic.twitter.com/6Od9xchGxq
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 6, 2021
India toured the West Indies during the 1970-71 cricket season for a five-Test series. The series turned out to be one of the most memorable ones as India won its first-ever Test series against the West Indies.
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India, led by Ajit Wadekar, emerged victorious 1-0 in the five-match series and Gavaskar finished as the leading run-scorer, registering four centuries including one doubleton.
In his career, Gavaskar played 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India. He was also a part of the 1983 World Cup win and 1985 World Championship of Cricket victory.
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Glorious 50 years Sir. Big congratulations 👏 #SunilGavaskar pic.twitter.com/iEZ40ePBQp
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) March 6, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Glorious 50 years Sir. Big congratulations 👏 #SunilGavaskar pic.twitter.com/iEZ40ePBQp
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) March 6, 2021Glorious 50 years Sir. Big congratulations 👏 #SunilGavaskar pic.twitter.com/iEZ40ePBQp
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) March 6, 2021
Gavaskar scored 10,122 runs in the longest format of the game and he held the record for scoring most centuries in Test cricket till 2005. Sachin Tendulkar ended up breaking this record in 2005.
In 108 ODIs, Gavaskar scored 3,092 runs with his highest score being 103 not out.
