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133-456: Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: [suniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ] ; born 10 July 1949), is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India and Mumbai from 1971 to 1987. Gavaskar is acknowledged as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time. Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling , with a particularly high average of 65.45 against
266-679: A no-result . As of November 2024, India is ranked first in the ICC T20I Championship on 268 rating points. India have won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice in 2007 and 2024 . They have also won the Twenty20 Asia Cup in 2016 and Asian Games in 2022 . India are the reigning Asian Champions and Twenty20 World Champions , winning the former in 2023 against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and
399-521: A 14-month span in which Gavaskar played in 22 Tests and the 1979 Cricket World Cup. In that time, he scored 2301 Test runs including eight centuries. The 1980–81 season saw Gavaskar returned as captain for the Australasian tour, but it was to be the start of an unhappy reign for Gavaskar and India. He managed only 118 runs at 19.66 in the three Tests against Australia, but his impact in Australia
532-531: A Test playing nation in England in 1932 , led by CK Nayudu, who was considered the best Indian batsman at the time. The one-off Test match between the two sides was played at Lord's in London . The team was not strong in their batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs. India hosted its first men's Test cricket series in 1933 when England toured India . The visitors won the three-test series 2-0 with
665-478: A century against the touring London schoolboys. He made his first-class debut for Vazir Sultan Colts XI against an XI from Dungarpur in 1966–67 but remained in Bombay's Ranji Trophy squad for the next two years without playing a match. An alumnus of Bombay's St. Xavier's College , he made his debut in the 1968–69 season against Karnataka but made a duck and was the subject of derisive claims that his selection
798-569: A century coming in the Fifth Test and two half-centuries. In 1977–78 he toured Australia , scoring three consecutive Test centuries (113, 127, 118) in the second innings of the first three Tests at Brisbane , Perth and Melbourne, respectively. India won the third but lost the earlier two. He finished the Five Test series with 450 runs at 50, failing twice as India lost the final Test and the series 3–2. 1978–79 saw India tour Pakistan for
931-479: A century. There were six fifties, the highest being 70 by Mohinder Amarnath . This innings was only the eighth instance in Test cricket where all eleven batsmen reached double figures. During the 1980s, India developed a more attack-minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristy Mohammad Azharuddin , Krishnamachari Srikanth , Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounders Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri . India won
1064-779: A century. The Test was the start of a world record streak of 106 Test appearances. The 1975–76 season saw three and four Test tours of New Zealand and the West Indies , respectively. Gavaskar led India in a Test for the first time in January 1976 against New Zealand during the First Test in Auckland when regular captain Bishen Singh Bedi was suffering from a leg injury. Standing in despite having scored only 703 runs at 28.12 since his debut series, Gavaskar rewarded
1197-513: A chance to reach the target of 348, which ended in a tie. He scored 103 in the Third Test to end the series with 205 runs at 51.66. The First Test against Sri Lanka in Kanpur saw Gavaskar's 34th and final Test century of 176. He scored 74 and 5 in the next two Tests as India won the three-match series 2–0. The five-Test series against arch enemies Pakistan was to be his last. Gavaskar scored 91 in
1330-490: A defeat and series loss. His twin centuries made him the first Indian to score two centuries in one Test on two occasions, and saw him pass Umrigar as India's leading Test run-scorer. Gavaskar finished the series with 447 runs at 89.40. Gavaskar was captain of the Indian team on several occasions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, although his record is less than impressive. Often equipped with unpenetrative bowling attacks he tended to use conservative tactics which resulted in
1463-653: A double century in India against the West Indies. He added a further 73 in the second innings of a high scoring draw. After failing to score in the Second Test, he scored 107 and 182 not out in the Third Test at Calcutta , another high scoring draw. This made him the first player in Test history to achieve centuries in both innings of a Test three times. He managed only 4 and 1 in the Fourth Test in Madras as India forced
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#17327872332181596-532: A false dawn, with England squaring the series 1–1 in Delhi before another controversial Third Test at Eden Gardens in Calcutta . The hostile crowd watched as India batted for over two days to reach 7/437 after 203 overs. Angry with the slow pace of India's innings, the crowd chanted "Gavaskar down! Gavaskar out!" blaming him for India' performance. The local police chief reportedly asked Gavaskar to declare to placate
1729-581: A first-innings lead in both after making scores over 400. India broke through for a 153-run win in the Third Test at Kanpur , where Gavaskar scored 76. He made 115 in the Fourth Test in Delhi , where India were unable to convert a 212-run first innings lead, resulting in a draw. After another stalemate in the Fifth Test, Gavaskar scored 123 in the Sixth Test, where Australia collapsed by an innings after India posted their fourth first innings in excess of 400 for
1862-452: A five-Test series, Gavaskar's first on home soil. He was ineffective in the first three Tests, accumulating only sixty runs in five innings as India took a 2–1 lead. He scored some runs in the final two Tests which India drew to complete consecutive series wins over England. His first home series was largely disappointing, aggregating 224 runs at 24.89. His English critics were placated when India returned in 1974 and Gavaskar scored 101 and 58 in
1995-559: A full-member team have surpassed the three-figure mark in the same innings . The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council (ICC). Its headquarters is situated in the 'Cricket centre' at Churchgate in Mumbai, Maharashtra . Amongst
2128-499: A golden duck and 20. Angry spectators pelted objects onto the playing arena and clashed with police, before stoning the team bus. In the Sixth Test in Madras, he compiled his 30th Test century in his 99th test match, with an unbeaten 236 which was the highest Test score by an Indian. It was his 30th Test century and third double century against the West Indies, propelling him to overtake Donald Bradman 's 29 test centuries record. He scored
2261-523: A guest role in (1988) Hindi movie " Maalamaal ". with Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah . He has sung a Marathi song "Ya Duniyemadhye Thambayaala Vel Konala" which was written by noted Marathi lyricist Shantaram Nandgaonkar . The song depicted the similarities between a cricket match and real life. Gavaskar wrote four books on cricket, including his own autobiography On 25 March 2008, Malcolm Speed , ICC chief executive, told Gavaskar "very clearly", during
2394-417: A large number of draws. During his tenure, Kapil Dev emerged as a leading pace bowler for the country. He captained India to nine victories and eight losses, but most of the games were drawn , 30. His first series in charge was a West Indian visit to India for a six Test series . Gavaskar's several large centuries contrasted with several failures. His 205 in the First Test made him the first Indian to score
2527-513: A meeting between the two at Dubai , that he would have to quit his post at the ICC if he failed to give up his job of commentator and newspaper columnist, in which capacity he has frequently criticised his employers and levelled serious accusations of racism. He sparked a controversy in early 2008 for his comments on the contentious Sydney Test Match : "Millions of Indians want to know if it (match referee Mike Procter 's verdict against Harbhajan Singh )
2660-509: A number of captains such as Vijay Hazare , Polly Umrigar and Nari Contractor . The Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , was the men's team's captain for 36 Test matches from 1961–62 to 1969–70, returning for another four matches against West Indies in 1974–75. In the early years of his captaincy tenure, the team was whitewashed in the West Indies, England and Australia. However, in 1967–68, Pataudi led India men's cricket team on its maiden New Zealand tour, which ended in India winning
2793-419: A one-off Test against Sri Lanka in Madras. It was the first Test between the two nations, with Sri Lankan having only recently been awarded Test status. Despite this, India were unable to finish off their novice opponents, the draw heralding a start of a winless summer. India played in twelve Tests, losing five and drawing seven. The first series was a six Test tour to Pakistan. India started well enough, drawing
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#17327872332182926-880: A period of three years. Previously, BYJU's was the sponsor for the Indian team from 5 September 2019 until 31 March 2023, after OPPO handed over the rights to them. OPPO's sponsorship was supposed to run from 2017 until 2022, but they handed over to BYJU's. On 7 March 2022, BYJU's extended its sponsorship for one year. Previously, the Indian team has been sponsored by BYJU's from September 2019 until March 2023, OPPO from May 2017 until August 2019, Star India from January 2014 until March 2017, Sahara India Pariwar from June 2001 until December 2013 and ITC Limited (with Wills and ITC Hotels brands) from June 1993 until May 2001. On 9 January 2024, BCCI announced Campa and Atomberg Technologies as official partners for its domestic & international season during 2024–26. On 20 September 2023, BCCI announced SBI Life as
3059-403: A personal and team form slump, Tendulkar relinquished the captaincy and Azharuddin was reinstated at the beginning of 1998. After failing to reach the semi-finals at the 1999 Cricket World Cup , Tendulkar was again made captain, and had another poor run, losing 3–0 on a tour of Australia and then 2–0 at home to South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the team again. The team
3192-700: A popular commentator both on TV and in print. In 1987, he participated in Prince Edward of the United Kingdom 's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament . In 2003, he became the first Indian to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture . He also served as an advisor to the India national cricket team during the home series against Australia in 2004. He was the Chairman of
3325-503: A recollection by his son Rohan, Gavaskar saved a Muslim family from a violent mob during the 1993 Bombay riots . “We were standing on our terrace right after the bomb blasts, a few days later, when we saw a hate mob, and they had cornered a family. We knew they did not have any good intentions towards the family and dad saw that, ran down and confronted the hate mob. He told the mob, ‘whatever you are going to do that family, you are going to do to me first’, and then better sense prevailed and
3458-443: A school teacher. Primarily a right-hand batsman , Hazare was also a right-hand medium-pace bowler . A "shy, retiring" man (according to Wisden in 1952), it was widely thought that he was not a natural captain and that his batting suffered as a result. His rival, Vijay Merchant said that the captaincy prevented Hazare from becoming India's finest batsman: "It was one of the tragedies of cricket." Even so, Hazare's Test record
3591-505: A series of three matches at home in 1933–34. Lala Amarnath , India's fourth captain of the men's cricket team and the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket while playing for India, led the team in its first Test match after Indian independence . He also captained the side to its first Test victory and first series win, both in a three-match series at home against Pakistan in 1952–53. From 1952 until 1961–62, India men's cricket team had
3724-413: A team with a strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62 and also won a home series against New Zealand. They managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia and another series against England. In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68. The key to India's bowling in the 1970s were
3857-427: A total of 505 runs at an average of 50.50 for the series. With India having failed to win for 29 successive Tests, Kapil was sacked as captain and Gavaskar resumed leadership at the start of the 1984–85 season. The two Test tour of Pakistan resulted in two further draws, with Gavaskar compiling 120 runs at 40. The First Test against England saw India break through for its first Test victory in 32 matches. It proved to be
3990-617: A trophy in his name, the Vijay Hazare Trophy , a zonal-cricket tournament in India. He died in December 2004 following prolonged illness caused by intestinal cancer . He and Jasu Patel were the first cricketers to be honoured with the Padma Shri . Hazare was the leading run scorer of 1939–40 Ranji Trophy season. His team Maharashtra won its first title in that season, they defeated United Province cricket team in
4123-470: A weak team outside the Indian subcontinent . India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside the subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1980s saw Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all-rounder to date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made a Test record 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark. Kapil Dev later became
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4256-592: A world record for the highest winning fourth innings score. The Indians' mastery of the Caribbean spinners on a turning track reportedly led West Indian captain Clive Lloyd to vow that he would rely on pace alone in future Tests. Gavaskar totalled 390 runs at 55.71 for the series. Gavaskar was not to score a century on home soil until November 1976. In an eight-Test season, three and five against New Zealand and England , respectively, Gavaskar scored centuries in
4389-522: A world record target of 438 to square the series. They reached 76/0 at stumps on the fourth day. Led by Gavaskar, India made steady progress to be 328/1 with 20 overs remaining on the final day with a record-breaking victory still possible. An Ian Botham led fightback saw Gavaskar removed, with India still needing 49 runs from 46 balls. With three balls left in the match, all four results were possible. India ended nine runs short with two wickets in hand when stumps were drawn. According to Sanjay Manjrekar , it
4522-619: Is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test , One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. India are the current Asian Champions and Twenty20 World Champions . The team has played 585 Test matches, winning 181, losing 181, with 222 draws and 1 tie. As of November 2024, India is ranked second in the ICC Test Championship on 111 rating points. India have played in each World Test Championship final, finishing runners-up in both ( 2021 and 2023 ). Test rivalries include
4655-594: Is a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Eden Gardens in Kolkata has hosted the most Tests, and also has the third-largest seating capacity of any cricket stadium in the world. Founded in 1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having hosted numerous historical and controversial matches. Other major stadiums in India include the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium , which
4788-445: Is that of Pakistani Zaheer Abbas in 1978–79. While Gavaskar could not be described as an attacking batsman, he had the ability of keeping the scoreboard ticking with unique shots such as the "late flick". His focus of technical correctness over flair meant that his style of play was usually less suited to the shorter form of the game, at which he had less success. His infamous 36 not out in the 1975 World Cup , carrying his bat through
4921-428: Is the official broadcaster until March 2028 for all the men's international and domestic matches played in India. Sports18 telecasts the international and domestic matches on TV, while it is live streamed on JioCinema as OTT (over the top) platform. There are numerous world-renowned cricket stadiums located in India. Most grounds are under the administration of various state cricket boards as opposed to being under
5054-588: Is very respectable: he amassed 2,192 runs in 30 Test matches with a batting average of 47.65. His first-class record is even more impressive, with a batting average of 58.38 for his 18,740 runs. He scored 60 first-class centuries (including 7 in Tests), the fourth highest for an Indian player and 10 first-class double centuries (including six during World War II , when India was the only Test cricket-playing country to continue holding its domestic first-class cricket competition without interruption). His bowling record
5187-524: The 1983 Cricket World Cup . Kapil Dev also captained India's 2–0 Test series victory in England in 1986. Between 1987–88 and 1989–90, India had three captains in Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and Krishnamachari Srikkanth . Vengsarkar took over the captaincy from Kapil Dev after the 1987 Cricket World Cup. Although he started with two centuries in his first series as captain, his captaincy period
5320-407: The 1987 Cricket World Cup . He scored 300 runs at an average of 50 at the tournament. Against New Zealand in the league phase he recorded his highest ODI score of 103*. The good form however did not continue into the semifinals where Phil Defreitas bowled him for 4 runs in his last international innings. Gavaskar was also a fine slip fielder and his safe catching in the slips helped him become
5453-490: The 1992 and 1999 Cricket World Cups, the Indian team's kit was sponsored by ISC and ASICS respectively, but had been without an official kit sponsor until 2001. With no official kit sponsor for the Indian team, Omtex manufactured the shirts and pants for the team, while some players chose to wear pants provided to them by their individual sponsors like Adidas and Reebok until December 2005. In December 2005, Nike outbid its competitors Adidas and Reebok, and acquired
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5586-468: The 2016 Asia Cup , remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament. The team were favourites to win the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 , which was being held at home, but lost in the semi-final to eventual champions West Indies. India defeated Pakistan in their first game of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy but lost to the same opponents in the final, the first time they had met at this stage of a tournament since 2007. The Indian team's next major global tournament
5719-665: The BCCI , primarily to oversee the seventh Season of the Indian Premier League . At the same time the Court directed him to give up his job as a commentator. Gavaskar joined Triton Solar as its Brand Ambassador. Gavaskar also tried his hand at acting on the silver screen. He played the lead role in the Marathi movie "Savli Premachi". The movie did not receive much appreciation though. needed After many years he appeared in
5852-694: The Border-Gavaskar Trophy (with Australia ), Freedom Trophy (with South Africa ), Anthony de Mello Trophy and Pataudi Trophy (both with England ). The team has played 1,058 ODI matches, winning 559, losing 445, tying 10 and with 44 ending in a no-result . As of November 2024, India is ranked first in the ICC ODI Championship on 118 rating points. India have appeared in the World Cup final four times 1983 , 2003 , 2011 , 2023 and won twice in 1983 and 2011 . It
5985-518: The ICC cricket committee until the time he was forced to choose between commenting and being on the committee. He left the committee to continue his career as a broadcaster. The inaugural Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was given by Gavaskar on 20 February 2013 at Taj Coromandel , Chennai . On 28 March 2014 the Supreme Court of India appointed Gavaskar as the interim President of
6118-425: The Indian spin quartet – Bishan Singh Bedi , E. A. S. Prasanna , B. S. Chandrasekhar and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan . This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath . Indian pitches have had the tendency to support spin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting line-ups. These players were responsible for
6251-788: The Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877. By 1912, the Parsis, Hindus , Sikhs and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year. In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the England cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by
6384-571: The West Indies , who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack, widely regarded as the most vicious in Test history. However, most of Gavaskar's centuries against West Indies were against the team when their four-pronged attack were not playing together His captaincy of the Indian team, was considered as one of the first attacking ones, with Indian team winning the 1984 Asia Cup , and the World Championship of Cricket in 1985. At
6517-681: The "Final Frontier" because of his side's inability to win a Test series in India. In 2002, India were joint-winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, where they reached the final, only to be beaten by Australia. A convincing ODI series win in Pakistan in early 2006, following a loss in the Test series, gave India the world record of 17 successive ODI victories while batting second. In September 2007, India won
6650-450: The 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 Tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 Tests at home. After being eliminated by neighbours Sri Lanka on home soil at the 1996 Cricket World Cup semi-final, the team underwent a year of change as Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid , later to become captains of the team, made their debut in the same Test at Lord's. Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain in late 1996, but after
6783-415: The 3–0 loss. Despite his team's difficulties, Gavaskar remained productive with 434 runs at 47.18 with a century and three half centuries. Gavaskar went on to the West Indies for a five Test tour purely as a batsman, but could not reproduce the form that he had shown in the Caribbean in 1971 and 1976. He managed only 240 runs at 30, as India were crushed 2–0 by the world champions. Apart from an unbeaten 147 in
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#17327872332186916-618: The British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy – two major first-class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian men's cricket team, captained by Bhupinder Singh of Patiala , went on their first official tour of the British Isles , but only played English county teams and not the England cricket team. India was invited to the International Cricket Council in 1926, and made their debut as
7049-545: The Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the favourites and the two-time defending champions West Indies in the final at Lord's, owing to a strong bowling performance. In spite of this, the team performed poorly in the Test arena, including 28 consecutive Test matches without a victory. In 1984, India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. Apart from this, India remained
7182-515: The First Test in Lahore , with Gavaskar scoring 83. Pakistan then defeated India in three consecutive matches. In the Third Test in Faisalabad , Gavaskar managed an unbeaten 127 in the second innings to force Pakistan into a run chase, but the other two losses were substantial, both by an innings. Despite holding on for draws in the last two Tests, Gavaskar was replaced by Kapil Dev as captain after
7315-506: The First Test, before five consecutive draws resulted, four of which did not even reach the fourth innings. Gavaskar made 172 in the Second Test at Bangalore and reached a half-century on three further occasions to compile 500 runs at 62.5. India reciprocated England's visit in 1982 for a three-Test series, which was lost 1–0. Gavaskar made 74 runs at 24.66 but was unable to bat in the Third Test. The 1982–83 subcontinental season started well for Gavaskar on an individual note, as he made 155 in
7448-446: The ICC is a bastion of 'white man's justice', Gavaskar bears some of the blame for having failed to change it. Born in a Marathi speaking family to Meenal (née Mantri) & Manohar Gavaskar, Gavaskar is married to Marshneill Gavaskar (née Mehrotra), daughter of a leather industrialist from Kanpur . Their son, Rohan , born in Kanpur, was also a cricketer who played 11 One Day Internationals for India, but could not cement his spot in
7581-480: The ICC's program and called for more series between India, Australia and England which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe . In the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC regarding sponsorships . Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented by one selector and one of
7714-433: The Test made him the second player after Doug Walters to score a century and double century in the same match and remains the only Indian until date to achieve this feat . He also became the first Indian to make four centuries in one Test series, the second Indian after Vijay Hazare to score two centuries in the same Test , and the third after Hazare and Polly Umrigar to score centuries in three consecutive innings. He
7847-461: The Test series 3–1. In 1970–71, Ajit Wadekar took over the captaincy from Pataudi. Under Wadekar's captaincy, India registered its first Test series win in the West Indies and England. India played its first men's ODI in 1974, also under his captaincy. India won its first men's ODI under the captaincy of Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in the 1975 Cricket World Cup , against East Africa . Between 1975–76 and 1978–79, Bishan Singh Bedi captained
7980-464: The Third Test in Sydney, ending the series with 352 runs at 117.33. A three-Test tour of England saw him score only 185 runs at 30.83, which India won 2–0 despite his lack of production. In 1986–87, Gavaskar's final season in Test cricket, India faced a long season of eleven home Tests. Against an Australian team, Gavaskar made 90 in the second innings of the First Test in Madras (now Chennai), giving India
8113-551: The West Indies for another series immediately afterwards, asking for a rest. As a result, Gundappa Viswanath was appointed so that he could prepare his leadership skills for the tour. In the end the tour did not go ahead as the West Indian board were not interested in a team without Gavaskar. The season ended with a one-off Test against England in Bombay, which India lost. In the 13 Tests that season, he made 1027 runs at 51.35 with three centuries and four half-centuries. This ended
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#17327872332188246-517: The World Cup. Rohit Sharma , Virat Kohli , and Ravindra Jadeja played in T20Is during this period however retired from the format following the 2024 T20 World Cup . India won the 2024 T20 World Cup by defeating South Africa in the final . They became the third team after England and West Indies to win the cup twice and also the first team to win the tournament undefeated. Arshdeep Singh
8379-612: The angry crowd. When Gavaskar led his team onto the field, he was pelted with fruit. Gavaskar vowed never to play at Eden Gardens again, and duly withdrew from the team for India's next fixture at the Bengali capital two years later, ending his record of 106 consecutive Tests. The match was drawn, but India conceded the series after losing the Fourth. The series ended 1–2, and with a poor display of 140 runs at 17.5, Gavaskar resigned, although he had already announced his intention to relinquish
8512-482: The back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar . Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the West Indian series while Dilip Sardesai 's 112 played a big part in their one Test win. The advent of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket in 1971 created a new dimension in the cricket world. However, India was not considered strong in ODIs at this point and batsmen such as
8645-552: The captain Gavaskar were known for their defensive approach to batting. India began as a weak team in ODIs and did not qualify for the second round in the first two editions of the Cricket World Cup . Gavaskar infamously blocked his way to 36 not out off 174 balls against England in the first World Cup in 1975; India scored just 132 for 3 and lost by 202 runs. In contrast, India fielded a strong team in Test matches and
8778-402: The captain in all formats. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, the Indian men's cricket team held the number one position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings for 21 months (from November 2009 to August 2011), and set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (nine straight wins). Dhoni also led the team to victory in 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy . Thus, Dhoni became
8911-447: The child was not Sunil as he had a birthmark near his ear. "Perhaps, I would have grown up to be an obscure fisherman, toiling somewhere along the west coast," Gavaskar wrote. His maternal uncle was retired Indian cricketer Madhav Mantri. His sister Kavita Viswanath is married to cricketer Gundappa Viswanath . His other sister—Nutan Gavaskar was the honorary general secretary of Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI). According to
9044-492: The conclusion of the expression of interest process for official partners' rights, the BCCI announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim ( ACC Cements , and Ambuja Cements ) and Hyundai Motors India Ltd. have acquired the official partners' rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during 2019–2023. Disney Star and Airtel have been title sponsors previously. Viacom18
9177-467: The contract for five years which started in January 2006 ahead of Indian team's tour to Pakistan . Nike was a long time kit supplier to team India with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011 and 2016 respectively. After Nike ended its contract in September 2020, MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as
9310-573: The control of the BCCI. The Bombay Gymkhana was the first ground in India to host a full-scale cricket match featuring an Indian cricket team. This was between the Parsis and the Europeans in 1877. The first stadium to host a Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk . The Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi
9443-550: The dark times. The first three put aside personal ambitions to let Ganguly lead them into a new era. The Indian team underwent major improvements under the captaincy of Ganguly and the guidance of John Wright , India's first foreign coach. In the Kolkata Test match , India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on. Australian captain Steve Waugh labelled India as
9576-574: The drawn First Test in Madras before withdrawing from the Second Test in Calcutta as he had promised. In the Fourth Test in Ahmedabad, Gavaskar's 63 made him the first batsman to pass 10,000 runs. With the teams locked 0–0 leading into the final Test in Bangalore , there was to be no fairytale. Gavaskar was dismissed for 96 in the second innings as India were bowled out to give Pakistan a 1–0 series win. Gavaskar rounded out his international career with
9709-497: The drawn Third Test in Georgetown, Guyana , his next best effort was 32. The 1983–84 season started with a home series against Pakistan, with all three matches being drawn. Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 103 in the First Test in Bangalore , and made two further half centuries to total 264 runs at 66. The Pakistan series was followed by a six Test series against the touring West Indies at the height of their powers. The First Test
9842-428: The early 1900s, and it was the site of India's first Test victory. A total of 35 men have captained the Indian men's cricket team in at least one Test match, although only six have led the team in more than 25 matches, and six have captained the team in men's ODIs but not Tests. India's first captain of the men's cricket team was C. K. Nayudu , who led the team in four matches against England: one in England in 1932 and
9975-489: The family was allowed to go its way." Gavaskar is an ardent devotee of Sathya Sai Baba . The 2021 film 83 features Tahir Raj Bhasin as Gavaskar. India national cricket team Test kit ODI kit T20I kit The India men's national cricket team , colloquially Team India , represents India in men's international cricket . It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and
10108-509: The first Indian (excluding wicket-keepers ) to take over a hundred catches in Test matches. In one ODI against Pakistan in Sharjah in 1985, he took four catches and helped India defend a small total of 125. Early in his Test career, when India rarely used pace bowlers, Gavaskar also opened the bowling for a short spell on occasions if only one pace bowler was playing, before a three-pronged spin attack took over. The only wicket claimed by him
10241-492: The first and last Tests of the season. The first was 119 in front of his home crowd at the Wankhede Stadium , helping India to a victory. Gavaskar scored another half-century in the Second Test to end the series with 259 at 43.16. In the First Test against England at Delhi , he was mobbed upon becoming the first Indian to reach 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. A steady series saw him finish with 394 runs at 39.4 with
10374-648: The first captain in history to win all three major ICC trophies, namely- the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011, ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. However, the team performed poorly in away Tests from 2011 to 2014 and Dhoni retired from Test cricket in December 2014, with Virat Kohli being named as the new Test captain. Dhoni resigned as captain of the ODI and T20I teams in January 2017 and Kohli succeeded him at
10507-517: The first men's cricket team captain in history to win the three major ICC trophies, namely the Cricket World Cup , ICC Men's T20 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy . In the 2014 ICC Men's World Twenty20 hosted in Bangladesh, India narrowly missed out on another ICC trophy by losing to Sri Lanka in the final. India was knocked out of the 2015 Cricket World Cup in the semi-final to eventual winners Australia. India then began 2016 by winning
10640-568: The first series between the arch-rivals for 17 years. For the first time, Gavaskar faced Pakistani pace spearhead Imran Khan , who described him as "The most compact batsman I've bowled to." Gavaskar scored 89 in the First Test and 97 in the Second, which India drew and lost, respectively. Gavaskar saved his best for the Third Test in Karachi , scoring 111 and 137 in the Third, but was unable to prevent
10773-461: The first-ever ICC Men's T20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating Pakistan by five runs in the final. On 2 April 2011, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the final, thus becoming the third team after West Indies and Australia to win the World Cup twice. India also became the first team to win the World Cup on home soil. India defeated England in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy final and captain M. S. Dhoni became
10906-724: The full 60 overs against England, led Indian supporters to storm the field and confront him for scoring so slowly when India needed nearly a run a ball to win; at the end of the game India had lost only three wickets but scored 200 runs less than England . Gavaskar almost went through his career without scoring a one-day century. He managed his first (and only) ODI century in the 1987 World Cup , when he hit 103 not out in 88 balls against New Zealand in his penultimate ODI innings at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground , Nagpur . Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of first class 100s on 8 February 2013 After retirement, he has been
11039-417: The highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets. The period was also marked by an unstable leadership, with Gavaskar and Kapil exchanging the captaincy several times. The addition of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. The following year, Javagal Srinath , India's fastest bowler since Amar Singh made his debut. Despite this, during
11172-595: The innings, and was personally honoured by Indira Gandhi , the Prime Minister of India at the ground. The match was drawn. Gavaskar's 90 in the Third Test at Ahmedabad saw him pass Geoff Boycott 's Test world record of 8,114 career runs, but was insufficient to prevent another defeat. During the Fifth Test in the series, India were defeated by an innings at Calcutta to concede a 3–0 series lead. India had won only one of their 32 most recent Tests and none of their last 28. The crowd singled out Gavaskar, who had made
11305-415: The joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and the runners-up of the 2003 Cricket World Cup . India lost only three Tests at home under Ganguly and managed to draw Test series in England and Australia. Rahul Dravid took over as men's Test captain in 2005. In 2006, he led India to its first Test series victory in the West Indies in more than 30 years. In September 2007, MS Dhoni
11438-510: The kit manufacturer in November 2020 ahead of Indian team's tour to Australia , which was supposed to run until December 2023. In November 2022, MPL Sports decided to exit the deal before the end of their contract and hand over their rights to Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited (KKCL). In January 2023, MPL appointed Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited (KKCL) and Killer Jeans (a brand owned by KKCL) as interim sponsors until May 2023. In February 2023, it
11571-640: The latter in 2024 against South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown . The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat who were sea pirates and outlaws who often looted the British ships. The East India Company tried to manage the Kolis through cricket and were successful. In 1848,
11704-456: The leadership before the series. The change of captain improved the form of neither Gavaskar nor India as they toured Sri Lanka for a three-Test series. India were embarrassed 1–0 by the Test minnows at the time, with Gavaskar managing only 186 runs at 37.2. In 1985–86, India toured Australia. All three Tests were drawn. Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 166 in the First Test in Adelaide and 172 in
11837-420: The matches held at Bombay (now Mumbai), Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Chennai (Madras). The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and 1940s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. In the early 1940s, India did not play any men's Test cricket due to World War II . The team's first series as an independent country was in late 1947 against Don Bradman 's Australia . It
11970-451: The members nominated by BCCI as the chairman of the selection committee. This has sometimes led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones. Until 18 November 2022, Chetan Sharma was the chief selector and Debashish Mohanty , Harvinder Singh and Sunil Joshi were members. The entire panel was sacked after the unsuccessful performance of the team in 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup . On 7 January 2023, Sharma
12103-455: The men's cricket team in 25 Test matches and 73 ODIs in the late 1990s; Tendulkar was relatively unsuccessful as a captain, winning only four Test matches and 23 ODIs. Sourav Ganguly became the regular captain of the men's team in both Tests and ODIs in 2000. He remained captain until 2005–06 and became the then most successful Indian captain, winning 21 of his 49 Test matches in charge and 76 of his 146 ODIs. Under his captaincy, India became
12236-406: The new chief selector and replaced Sharma. He joined Das, Banerjee, Ankola and Sharath on the selection committee. India plays its Test cricket matches with the traditional cricket whites with navy blue caps and helmets. The uniforms worn in limited-overs matches have different shades of blue for ODIs and T20Is, with sometimes a splash of the colours that are present in the Indian flag. During
12369-422: The official partner for its domestic & international season during 2023–26. In August 2023, IDFC First Bank replaced Mastercard as the current title sponsor for all international and domestic matches played in India for the 2023–26 season. The title sponsorship was initially given to Paytm for all matches played between 2015 and 2023 but they handed over to Mastercard in 2022. On 30 August 2019, following
12502-506: The only victory under his captaincy) in 1951–52 against England at Madras , winning by an innings and eight runs in a match that began on the day that King George VI died. He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, the highest honour bestowed by BCCI on a former player. Hazare was born in Sangli , into Marathi Christian family, in the then Bombay Presidency of British India in 1916, one of eight children of
12635-431: The only win of the series. He posted a fourth century for the series, scoring 120 in the Fifth Test at Delhi, becoming the first Indian to pass 4000 Test runs. He aggregated 732 runs at 91.50 for the series, securing India a 1–0 win in his first series as captain. Despite this, he was stripped of the captaincy when India toured England in 1979 for a four Test tour. The official reason given was that Srinivas Venkataraghavan
12768-541: The other Test-playing nations. As per winning percentage in Test matches, Kohli was India's second most successful Test captain, behind Ajinkya Rahane , having won more than 58% of Test matches (at least two games). Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare pronunciation (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer . He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first Test cricket win (and
12901-565: The position. Under Kohli's captaincy, India was unbeaten in 19 Test matches, starting from a 3–0 series win over New Zealand and ending with a 2–1 series win over Australia. India also had an unbeaten streak of winning nine consecutive Test series, starting with a 3–0 series win over Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and ending with a 1–0 series win over Sri Lanka at home. India also became only the third team after Australia and South Africa to have won their most recent Test series simultaneously against all
13034-406: The richest sporting organisations in the world, it sold media rights for India's matches from 2006 to 2010 for $ 612,000,000. Roger Binny is present BCCI president and Jay Shah is secretary. The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI, with its influential financial position in the cricketing world, has often challenged
13167-616: The same time, there were multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev , with one coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup . He is also a former Sheriff of Mumbai . Gavaskar is a recipient of the Indian sports honour of the Arjuna Award and the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan . He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2012, he
13300-480: The same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan . They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956. However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. On 24 August 1959, India lost by an innings in the Test to complete the only 5–0 whitewash ever inflicted by England. The next decade saw India's reputation develop as
13433-477: The second Test at Old Trafford . He managed 227 runs at 37.83 as India were whitewashed 3–0. Gavaskar's 1974–75 series against the West Indies was interrupted, playing in only the First and fifth and final Test of the series against the West Indies. He scored 108 runs at 27, with an 86 bowled by Lance Gibbs at Bombay's Wankhede Stadium hosting the first test on this ground, the closest the Indian public got to see
13566-450: The selectors with 116 and 35*. As a result, India secured an eight-wicket victory. He ended the series with 266 runs at 66.33. On the West Indian leg of the tour, Gavaskar scored consecutive centuries of 156 and 102 in the Second and Third Tests, both in Port of Spain , Trinidad . These were his third and fourth centuries at the grounds. In the Third Test, his 102 helped India post 4/406 to set
13699-407: The semi-finals in the 2022 T20 World Cup , but lost to England by ten wickets. After a 3–1 series win against Australia on home soil. India played the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final against Australia at The Oval in which they lost by 209 runs. India went on to win the 2023 Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka in R. Premadasa Stadium by ten wickets . Kuldeep Yadav was the player of
13832-574: The series 1–1 but the following three-Test series in New Zealand was to signal the start of a barren run of 19 Tests under Gavaskar of which India were to win only one and lose five. India lost to New Zealand 1–0, with Gavaskar managing 126 runs at 25.2. He finished the Oceania tour with 244 runs at 22.18, with only two half-centuries, making little impact. The 1981–82 Indian season saw a hard-fought 1–0 series win over England in six Tests. India took
13965-446: The series. The series against Pakistan was similarly high scoring, with four draws, three of which did not reach the fourth innings. India won the Third and Fifth Tests in Bombay and Madras. At Madras, he made 166 in the first innings and was unbeaten on 29 when India brought up the winning runs. Having secured the series 2–0, Gavaskar was removed from the captaincy for the drawn Sixth Test. This occurred because Gavaskar had refused to tour
14098-403: The team in 22 men's Tests and four ODIs, winning six Tests and one ODI. Sunil Gavaskar took over as men's Test and ODI captain in 1978–79, leading India in 47 Test matches and 37 ODIs, winning nine Tests and 14 ODIs. He was succeeded by Kapil Dev in the 1980s, who captained for 34 Test matches, including four victories. Kapil Dev led India to victory in 39 of his 74 ODIs in charge, including
14231-427: The team. Rohan was given the name "Rohan Jaivishwa" by his father as a tribute to his 3 favourite cricketers— Rohan Kanhai ; M. L. Jai simha ; and Rohan's uncle, Gundappa Vishwa nath —although his name is usually recorded as Rohan Sunil Gavaskar. As per his autobiography, "Sunny Days", in his own version, Sunil Gavaskar stated that he was exchanged with a fisherman's baby at birth. It was his uncle who spotted that
14364-459: The tournament with nine wickets. Meanwhile, the Indian men's cricket team secured a gold medal in 2022 Asian games due to higher seeding after the final against Afghanisthan was washed out. India had an unbeaten campaign in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, starting with a win over Australia with six wickets. They stormed into the final after a strong win against Sri Lanka by 302 runs, and then won their semi-final against New Zealand by 70 runs. The game
14497-474: The winning runs which gave India its first-ever win over the West Indies. He followed this with his first century, 116 and 64* in the third Test in Georgetown, Guyana , and 1 and 117* in the Fourth Test in Bridgetown , Barbados. He returned to Trinidad for the fifth Test and scored 124 and 220 to help India to its first ever series victory over the West Indies, and the only one until 2006. His performance in
14630-616: Was "Vintage Gavaskar, playing swing bowling to perfection, taking his time initially and then opening up. Nothing in the air, everything copybook." He ended the series with 542 runs at 77.42 and was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year . Gavaskar was restored to the captaincy for the gruelling 1979–80 season, with six Test home series against both Australia and Pakistan. The first two Tests against Australia were high scoring draws where only 45 wickets fell, with India taking
14763-406: Was a 'white man' taking the 'white man's' word against that of the 'brown man'. Quite simply, if there was no audio evidence, nor did the officials hear anything, then the charge did not stand." Despite the fact that Gavaskar's comment referenced Mike Procter and not the ICC, Australian writer Gideon Haigh said that, if Gavaskar genuinely believed this, "then he should almost certainly resign, for if
14896-414: Was again appointed as the chief selector along with Shiv Sunder Das , Subroto Banerjee , Salil Ankola , and Sridharan Sharath . On 17 February 2023, Sharma resigned from his post after a sting operation by a private news channel saw him make several loose comments on the Indian team with Shiv Sunder Das replacing him and acting as an interim chief selector. On 4 July 2023, Ajit Agarkar was appointed as
15029-478: Was also the first Test series India played which was not against England. Australia men's cricket team won the five-match series 4–0, with Bradman tormenting the Indian bowling in his final Australian summer. India subsequently played their first Test series at home not against England, but against the West Indies in 1948. West Indies won the five Test series 1–0. India recorded their first Test victory, in their 24th match, against England at Madras in 1952. Later in
15162-489: Was announced that Adidas will begin a five-year sponsorship deal in June 2023 ahead of ICC World Test Championship final , replacing KKCL. In May 2023, BCCI officially announced Adidas as their kit sponsor for the next five years running until March 2028. Dream11 (Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) was announced as the sponsor for the team on 1 July 2023. Their sponsorship is supposed to run until 31 March 2026 for
15295-514: Was awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award , the highest honour BCCI can bestow on a former player. Gavaskar is popular called Sunny [1] by his fans and fellow cricket commentators. Born in Mumbai in a middle class Marathi Family and a student of St Xavier's High School young Sunil Gavaskar was named India's Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1966 while playing for his school. He scored 246*, 222 and 85 in school cricket in his final year of secondary education before striking
15428-505: Was due to the presence of his uncle Madhav Mantri , a former Indian Test wicket keeper on Bombay's selection committee. He responded with 114 against Rajasthan in his second match and two other consecutive centuries saw him being selected in the 1970–71 Indian team to tour the West Indies . After missing the first Test due to nail infection, Gavaskar scored 65 and 67 not out in the second Test in Port-of-Spain , Trinidad , hitting
15561-401: Was established in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including Anil Kumble's ten wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan. The Bombay Gymkhana hosted the first Test match in India which is the only Test it has hosted to date. Wankhede Stadium , established in 1974, has a capacity to hold 33,100 spectators and is currently the most popular venue in the city. It has hosted 24 Test matches. It
15694-541: Was for a controversial incident. At the Melbourne Cricket Ground , when Gavaskar was given out by the Australian umpire Rex Whitehead , he ordered his fellow opener Chetan Chauhan off the field. Instead of abandoning the match, the Indian manager, SK Durani persuaded Chauhan to return to the match which India went on to win by 59 runs as Australia collapsed to 83 in their second innings. India drew
15827-507: Was further damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja were implicated in a match-fixing scandal and given life and five-year bans respectively. This period was described by the BBC as "the Indian cricket's worst hour". However, the new core – Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble and Ganguly – swore not to let this happen to them again, and led Indian cricket out of
15960-677: Was held in Kanpur and India were crushed by an innings. Gavaskar had his bat knocked out of his hand by a hostile delivery from Malcolm Marshall before being dismissed. In the Second Test in Delhi , Gavaskar delivered his riposte to Marshall, hooking him for a consecutive four and six to start his innings. Gavaskar, unwilling to be dictated to by the Caribbean pacemen, hooked the short-pitched barrage relentlessly, reaching his half century in 37 balls. He then went on to score 121, his 29th Test century in 94 balls in his 95th test match, equalling Don Bradman 's world record. He also passed 8,000 Test runs in
16093-474: Was marked by Virat Kohli becoming the first to ever achieve 50 ODI Centuries, surpassing the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar. As well, Mohammed Shami took the best bowling figues for an Indian in the ODI World Cup, 7/57. However, they were ultimately defeated in the final by Australia. Virat Kohli was the highest run scorer of the ODI World Cup with 765 runs, the most ever in a single edition of
16226-517: Was more modest, and he took 595 first-class wickets (including 19 in Tests, and Donald Bradman 's wicket three times) at a bowling average of 24.61. On the Indian domestic circuit, Hazare played for the Maharashtra , Central India and Baroda teams. Some of his notable achievements include: In retirement, he was for a short while an Indian Test cricket selector. He has been honoured with
16359-405: Was named as the new captain of the men's ODI and T20I teams, after Dravid stepped down from the post. Soon after taking up the captaincy, Dhoni led the team to the inaugural World men's Twenty20 title. Anil Kumble was appointed Test captain in November 2007, but retired from international cricket in November 2008 after captaining in 14 Tests. Dhoni succeeded him as the men's Test captain, making him
16492-428: Was particularly strong at home, where their combination of stylish batsmen and beguiling spinners were at their best. India set a then Test record in the third Test against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1976, when they chased 403 to win, thanks to 112 from Viswanath. In November 1976, the team established another record by scoring 524 for 9 declared against New Zealand at Kanpur without any individual batsman scoring
16625-418: Was preferred due to his superior experience on English soil, but most observers believed that Gavaskar was punished because he was believed to be considering defecting to World Series Cricket . He started consistently, scoring four half-centuries in five innings of the first three Tests. It was in the Fourth Test at The Oval that he produced his finest innings on English soil. India was 1–0 down needed to reach
16758-495: Was the 2019 Cricket World Cup where the team finished first in the group stage with seven wins and only one loss which came against host nation England. They made the semis but lost to New Zealand by 18 runs. Rohit Sharma was the highest run-scorer for the team with 648 runs. India played the 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final against New Zealand in Southampton in which they lost by eight wickets. India qualified for
16891-451: Was the first Indian to aggregate more than 700 runs in a series and until date remains the only Indian to do so. This 774 runs at 154.80 also remains the most runs scored in a debut series by any batsman. Trinidad Calypso singer Lord Relator (Willard Harris) wrote a song in Gavaskar's honour, the " Gavaskar Calypso ". Gavaskar's arrival in England in 1971 for a three-Test series generated substantial publicity in light of his debut series. He
17024-409: Was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a five-Test series. There are 21 stadiums in India that have hosted at least one official Test match . In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of world-class cricket stadiums in India. India currently has the world's largest cricket stadium. The Narendra Modi Stadium,
17157-399: Was the joint-highest wicket taker at 17 wickets. On 15 November 2024, during the fourth Twenty20 International (T20I) match of India's tour of South Africa, which consisted of four matches, both Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma achieved the remarkable feat of scoring centuries. This marks the first instance in the history of Twenty20 International (T20I) match where multiple batters from
17290-509: Was the second team (after the West Indies ) to win the World Cup, and the first to win the competition on home soil after winning it in 2011 . India have also won two ICC Champions trophies ( 2002 and 2013 ). In addition, they have also won the ODI Asia Cup 7 times in 1984 , 1988 , 1990–91 , 1995 , 2010 , 2018 , 2023 . The team has played 242 Twenty20 International matches, winning 160, losing 70, tying 6 and with 6 ending in
17423-529: Was the unofficial successor of the Brabourne Stadium, which is also located in Mumbai. Mumbai is often considered the cricketing capital of India because of its fans and the talent it produces (see Mumbai cricket team ). Thus the stadium regularly hosts major Test matches. The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk is also considered to be an important historical Indian cricket ground, established in
17556-499: Was turbulent and he lost the job following a disastrous tour of the West Indies in early 1989 and a stand-off with the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI). India has had six regular Test captains of the men's cricket team since Mohammad Azharuddin took charge in 1989. Azharuddin led the team in 47 Test matches from 1989–90 to 1998–99, winning 14, and in 174 ODIs, winning 90. He was followed by Sachin Tendulkar, who captained
17689-432: Was unable to maintain his performance, making only two half-centuries. He was involved in controversy when taking a quick single from the bowling of John Snow . They collided, and Gavaskar fell over. Snow was charged with deliberately barging into Gavaskar and was suspended. Gavaskar's 144 runs at the low average of 24, led some to question Gavaskar's worthiness for international cricket. In 1972–73, England toured India for
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