The original little master of Indian cricket is one of the greatest batters of all time in Test Cricket. He was the one who was the inspiration for all the young players who followed him and he was someone who played without a helmet. He played 125 Test Matches for India and he made a very impressive 10122 runs with 34 Hundreds which was a record at that time. Sunil Gavaskar was a technically perfect player and Sachin Tendulkar looked up to him and he was the inspiration for the man who would better all his records. Let’s look at the List of Records Held by Sunil Gavaskar.
Sunil Gavaskar Records List
1) Sunil Gavaskar was the first player in the history of international cricket to cross the landmark of 10,000 Test Runs. That was a humongous achievement back in the day.
2) He held the record for the most centuries till 2005 with 34 Hundreds and he broke the record of Don Bradman to achieve this landmark.
3) Sunil Gavaskar holds the record for scoring the most number of runs in his debut Test Series when he made 774 runs against West Indies in 1971. Take a look here at Best Innings played by Sunil Gavaskar
4) He also holds the record for hitting the most runs against the West Indies in a single Test Series with 774 Runs .
5) He has hit the maximum number of runs against the West Indies at 2749 runs and he has also hit the most number of centuries against them with 13 hundreds.
6) Sunil Gavaskar is the only cricketer to hit 4 Centuries at 2 test venues which are Port of Spain and Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
7) He is the first non wicket keeper to have 100 catches in Test Cricket.
8) He is 3rd fastest to score 5000 runs in Test Cricket achieving this feat in 95 innings.
9) He holds the 3rd spot in the list of Most runs in a series by a captain. He scored 732 runs against West Indies in 9 innings in 1978/79.
10) He played 106 consecutive test matches for India from 23rd Jan 1975 to 3rd feb 1987. He is at 4th position in the list of Most consecutive matches for a team in Tests.
