Everything about Sunil Gavaskar totally explained
Outside cricket
Gavaskar has also been awarded the
Padma Bhushan. In December 1994 he was appointed the
Sheriff of Mumbai, an honorary for a year. After retirement, he's been a popular, sometimes controversial commentator, both on TV and in print. He has written four books on cricket –
Sunny days (autobiography), Idols,
Runs n' Ruins and
One day wonders. He also served as an advisor to the
Indian cricket team during the home series against
Australia in 2004 and currently serves as the
Chairman of the
ICC cricket committee.
His son
Rohan is also a cricketer who plays at the national level in the
Ranji Trophy. He has played some
One Day Internationals for India, but couldn't cement his spot in the team.
The
Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been instituted in his (co-)honour.
Controversies
In a notorious ODI performance in 1975, he opened the batting and managed just 36 (not out) off 174 balls (scoring just one four). Replying to England's 334 from 60 overs, India managed only 132 for 3 from the 60 overs. It was alleged that Gavaskar deliberately performed poorly in that match, due to his annoyance with the promotion of
Srinivas Venkataraghavan to captaincy. He later claimed that he couldn't adjust to the pace of the game.
Recently, he's been involved in a string of controversies as an ICC official. He has been criticized for supporting changes in cricket rules that tend to favor batsmen. In addition, his role as the chief selector for
ICC World XI also came under criticism due to some controversial selections, which resulted in one sided matches against the ICC World Champion, Australia.
On March 25, 2008, Malcolm Speed, ICC chief executive, told "very clearly" to Gavaskar, during the meeting between the two at Dubai, that he'd have to quit his post of the chairman committee of the ICC if he doesn't give up his job of commentator and newspaper columnist.
Personal life
Sunil is married to Marshaniel Gavaskar (née Mehrotra), daughter of a leather industrialist in Kanpur. They have a son
Rohan.
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