Srikkanth also expressed his gratitude for being able to play alongside Sunil Gavaskar, and also rated him highly both as captain and a batsman. With Sunil Gavaskar’s birthday approaching (July 10), Srikkanth had a special message for him as he spoke on Star Sports 1’ Tamil show ‘Cricket Connected – Aattam Thodarum’.
Sunil Gavaskar’s fifty against Pakistan in 1987
Kris Srikkanth also recalled an incident that took place during Sunil Gavaskar’s last series against Pakistan in 1987. Back then, Sunil Gavaskar had told Srikkanth that he would score a fifty faster than the Tamil Nadu-based batsman in the same game.
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Notably, Sunil Gavaskar was naturally a more defensive player and Srikkanth was a more attacking player by nature. However, Sunil Gavaskar made this dream of his come true when he took one ball lesser than Srikkanth to score a fifty against Pakistan at Madras in his last series.
One of India’s best ever cricketers to have represented the country, Sunil Gavaskar is referred to as a legend of the game, having scored 10122 runs in 125 Test matches and 3092 runs from 108 ODI matches.
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