The former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was swamped with the love and wishes that came his way on his birthday. Yesterday, the legendary cricketer turned 72 and his fans and players current and former alike conveyed their good wishes to the original Little Master.
Gavaskar does not have any social media accounts. He took his son Rohon’s account. In a video clip uploaded by Rohan, Gavaskar thanked his well-wishers. Gavaskar said, “Thank you for all your warm birthday wishes. It is much appreciated. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the greetings, good wishes and sentiments that you have sent on my birthday. Your good wishes and greetings mean a great deal to me. They have sustained me during the times I have played for the country and, particularly, during the bad times. Without you, without Indian cricket, I would be nowhere,”
The former cricketer scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket, he is considered the best Test batsman of all time and certainly India’s best opening batsman. In his debut series, Gavaskar marked his arrival in international cricket by scoring 774 runs against West Indies in 1971. It is still a record for the most runs by a batsman playing his first Test series.
Though he retired from cricket in 1987 and continued to win hearts as an analyst, writing and commentating on the sport, and Gavaskar expressed his gratefulness for the love people have showered him with over the last countless years.
“Thank you for being with me all these years and wishing me not just on my birthday but for every day of my life. I hope and pray that your good wishes will continue to be with me and the Gavaskar family and, particularly, with Indian cricket,” Gavaskar expressed.
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