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	Sunil Gavaskar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gavaskar is perhaps the only batsman to have played a significant role in the 4th inns when India won, drew and tied a test match.
		Gavaskar's deeds on the cricket field gained him a lot of respect from his fellow cricketers and fans and he was almost a demi god.
		Sunil Gavaskar's days as a cricketer are over but his son Rohan has since carried on the Gavaskar legacy and unlike his father the younger Gavaskar is a South Paw and he plays domestic cricket for Bengal.
	cricket.indiatimes.com /homepages/gavaskar_border/sg_profile.html (1444 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gavaskar went on to average a mammoth 70.20 runs per innings in the West Indies throughout his career - a feat no batsman in his era was able to surpass consistently.
		Gavaskar was the holder of the record for the most number of Test centuries (34) until 2005 when his countryman Sachin Tendulkar broke that record.
		Gavaskar was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980 and has also been awarded the Padma Bhushan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar (823 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar Biography
		Sunil Gavaskar (July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India.
		As of 2004, Gavaskar still holds the record for the most number of test centuries (34) and is the only player to score centuries in each innings three times.
		Gavaskar was also the first batsman to reach 10,000 test runs and held the record for the most number of runs until it was broken by Allan Border.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Gavaskar_Sunil.html (423 words)

	Legends: Sunil Gavaskar
		Gavaskar's 221 at the Oval in 1979 were one of the best innings ever played by any batsman, particularly bearing in mind the important fact that India started their second innings in the seemingly impossible position of needing 438 runs in 500 minutes to win.
		Gavaskar was by far the best batsman of either side in the series - and England had Boycott, Gooch and Gower.
		Gavaskar, like Bradman, was very much a public figure, winning the highest of national and state awards.
	yehhaicricket.com /legends/legends.html (1078 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar : The Real Master
		Sunil Manohar Gavaskar was on his first series for the country, on his way to fame, success, on his way straight into the open arms of destiny.
		Gavaskar on the threshold of his twenties and his destiny might well have hummed that.
		Sunil Gavaskar walked into the green turf of Queens Park Oval for the first time, little did he know that he had walked on to the steps of eternity, and with every step he was moving closer to immortality in the world of cricket.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/batsmen_cricket/63145 (445 words)

	ESPN Star Sports extends contract with Sunil Gavaskar \| Televisionpoint.com News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sunil Gavaskar is one of most respected batsman in the history of Test cricket.
		Gavaskar's game was built around a near perfect technique and enormous powers of concentration.
		Sunil played with equal felicity off both front and back foot, had an excellent judgement of length and line and was beautifully balanced.
	www.televisionpoint.com /news2006/newsfullstory.php?id=1149174573 (453 words)

	webindia123-Indian personalities-sports-SUNIL GAVASKAR
		Sunil Gavaskar, the 'little master' of cricket, was born on 10th July 1949, in Mumbai.
		Sunil Gavaskar is the only cricket player in the world who has scored 100 runs in a single cricket year thrice.
		Gavaskar is also a writer of popular books on cricket such as Sunny Days, Idols, Runs and Ruins and One Day Wonders.
	www.webindia123.com /personal/sports/sunil.htm (195 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar: A Who2 Profile (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sunil "Sunny" Gavaskar is a record-setting batsman and a national hero to India's cricket fans.
		He has had 81 first class centuries (or hundreds) and scored a total of 25,834 runs, including 10,122 runs in Test cricket (he was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test).
		In the 1980s Gavaskar, sometimes called "The Little Master" (he's 5' 4"), dominated Indian cricket and became famous for his meticulous approach as well as his distinctive headgear.
	www.who2.com.cob-web.org:8888 /sunilgavaskar.html (161 words)

	Sports:: ::
		Only 5’4” tall, ‘Sunny’ Gavaskar is arguably one of the finest opening batsmen of all time and was a fine slip fielder.
		Gavaskar made an inauspicious – and controversial - one-day debut during the inaugural Prudential World Cup of 1974, when he scored a snail’s-pace 36 n.o.
		Gavaskar, the living legend of Indian sport, has served as the Sheriff of Mumbai and is now an accomplished journalist, writer and commentator.
	www.dimdima.com /sports/show_sports.asp?q_aid=26 (461 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gavaskar was comforted by fellow broadcasters in the BBC 4 commentary box who, for once, abandoned all pretence to neutrality and egged Rohan on.
		Gavaskar said he had seen his son play in the one-day series in Australia last year.
		Agnew was replaced by Christopher Martin-Jenkins, whose son, Robin, plays county cricket and who must have understood what Gavaskar was going through as Rohan was tested by the raw pace of Shoaib Akhtar.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040920/asp/nation/story_3779490.asp (496 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Sunil Gavaskar appalled at players' attitude
		New Delhi: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar has ridiculed suggestions that excessive cricket was burning players out saying those who could not stand the heat should stay out.
		Gavaskar, who is also the chairman of ICC's Cricketing Committee, said he was surprised at cricketers complaining about the calendar as representing one's country was an honour.
		The former Indian captain was reacting to recent reports of a possible strike by international cricketers if the ICC did not reduce the number of matches.
	www.hindu.com /2006/04/19/stories/2006041906451700.htm (242 words)

	BBC SPORT \| ENGLAND \| Gavaskar renews attack
		Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar has renewed his attack on the England cricket team despite complaints to the International Cricket Council.
		Fletcher questioned whether it was appropriate for Gavaskar, who claims England are "the champion whingers of world cricket" to continue as chairman of an important ICC committee.
		Gavaskar insisted that his media work in no way compromised his position on the ICC Cricket Committee-Playing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/cricket/england/1824073.stm (390 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Sunil Gavaskar
		Sunil Gavaskar was one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time, and certainly the most successful.
		Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar share the stage during a social gathering at Kolkata
		Sunil Gavaskar and Shaun Pollock pose in Melbourne
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /india/content/player/28794.html (434 words)

	I'm happy for Kapil, says Gavaskar
		Sunil Gavaskar has welcomed the appointment of Kapil Dev as the new chairman of the Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy, a post the batting legend held before yesterday’s Board of Control for Cricket in India Annual General Meeting in Mumbai.
		One expected Gavaskar to be saddened by the development and the conspiracy-minded would believe that he was replaced because he has been a Jagmohan Dalmiya supporter.
		Gavaskar was Kapil Dev’s second Test captain (after Bishan Bedi) and replaced him as skipper when Imran Khan’s army demolished Gavaskar’s team in Pakistan 1982-83.
	www.mid-day.com /sports/national/2006/september/144303.htm (223 words)

	The Sunny Days of Gavaskar quiz -- free game
		Sunil Gavaskar was switched at birth, but was luckily restored by an eagle-eyed uncle.
		Sunil Gavaskar made a lot of runs in his debut series.
		Gavaskar was also voted as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in which year ?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=149716 (177 words)

	HTCricket.com: A special HTCricket section celebrating Sachin Tendulkar's 100th Test
		Gavaskar had surpassed Sir Don Bradman's tally of 29 centuries at Chennai during the 1983-84 series against the West Indies.
		Sachin Tendulkar had equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record for the most number of centuries in Test match cricket (34) on the day of the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2005.
		Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar said "When I first saw Tendulkar play a flick shot in the nets for Mumbai Ranji Trophy probables, I knew that he possessed the talent.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/sachin/story.htm (1255 words)

	Thatscricket: Columnists - Sunil Gavaskar
		Sunil Manohar Gavaskar is like the great poet's "Brook".
		This genius who lent the rare mixture of science and art to the sphere of batting, hung his magical willow in 1987.
		His passion for cricket is such that he took the pen and the microphone to delight us with his sharp sense of observation and thought-provoking opinions.
	thatscricket.oneindia.in /columnists/gavaskar (196 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar : Facts, Achievements, Statistics and Records, Photo Gallery.
		Sunil Manohar Gavaskar is probably the only technically correct cricketer in the world.
		How many 5'4" batsmen have you seen play a highspeed short ball, aimed at his forehead, in such a way that it dropped near his feet and stayed there till a close-in fielder picked it up?All this without even a helmet to wear!.
		Sunil Gavaskar has written three books SUNNY DAYS, IDOLS and ONE DAY WONDERS.
	members.tripod.com /~swapnilagaskar/sunny.htm (627 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar to promote Nepal's sports tourism, sport tourism in nepal, nepal tourism, cricket history of nepal, ...
		Dec 15 - Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar said Thursday that he is willing to be the Goodwill Ambassador for Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) to promote sports tourism in Nepal.
		Gavaskar also said that Nepal was indeed a great sports venue.
		Gavaskar, who is also the chairman of the cricket committee on the International Cricket Council, said that Nepal has been the “King of cricket” at junior level and needed more exposure.
	www.friendshipnepal.com /detail_news.php?id=43 (260 words)

	Cricinfo - Play three openers, says Gavaskar
		Sunil Gavaskar: "The tracks in the sub continent are the same.
		Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain, has said that India should play three openers to counter Pakistan's new-ball attack in the Test series that begins in Lahore on January 13.
		Gavaskar added that India looked the better side and should emerge successful.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /pakvind/content/story/232257.html (266 words)

	INDOlink - India Sports News - Sunil Gavaskar Turns Down BCCI Invitation, Not To Go To Pak
		Kolkata, Mar. 4 (NNN): Former skipper Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, whose son Rohan was dropped from the team last week, will not be going to Pakistan to watch the groundbreaking series between India and Pakistan despite an invitation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
		It is worth mentioning here that as a goodwill gesture, the BCCI has extended an invitation to all former Indian captains to travel to Pakistan to watch the cricket between the sub-continent giants.
		Meanwhile, the commenting assignment has also come as a blessing in disguise for Gavaskar, who is reportedly being approached by political parties to campaign for them.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=030304115738 (285 words)

	lokpriya!
		What has made Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, the archetypal opening batsman, is a combination of both.
		Among his records are the maximum number of Test centuries (34); becoming the first member of the 10,000-run club in Tests, the only player to score a century in each innings on three occasions; and the only Indian to score 1,000 runs in a calendar year thrice.
		What Gavaskar lacked in flamboyance, he more than made up through determination, self-belief and concentration.
	www.lokpriya.com /personalities/sports/sunil.html (180 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cricket - Windies fans have lost their 'buzz' -- Gavaskar - Saturday April 27, 2002 11:07 AM
		Posted: Saturday April 27, 2002 11:07 AM NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- The recent decline of West Indies cricket has changed the character of the Caribbean fans renowned for their liveliness, former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar said Saturday.
		Gavaskar said West Indian fans always regarded themselves as experts in the game, never short of advice to the players.
		Record-breaking West Indies batsman Brian Lara, dismissed for a nervous 47 during his side's final day victory chase, at one point asked a group of fans playing music, famously known as Trini Posse, to be quiet.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2002/04/27/windies_gavaskar (404 words)

	Sunil Gavaskar in The AnswerBank: Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He fell twice to Malcolm Marshall in the first test and once again there were whispers from certain quarters that Gavaskar's reflexes were not quite quick enough to negotiate hostile pace.
		Their whispers gathered more momentum when Gavaskar requested his Captain Kapil Dev to demote him to no 4 but Kapil asked him to submit his request in writing.
		By the time the 6th test in Madras was being played, there were reports of a full fledged war between Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Sport/Question205478.html (459 words)

	DNA - Sport - Can’t ignore experience, says ex-skipper Sunil Gavaskar - Daily News & Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gavaskar’s comments come in the light of Anil Kumble’s failure to make it to the squad for the tri-nation series in Sri Lanka.
		As far as the Indian team’s new training methods — the commando skills, the De Bono hats, grappling, trekking — is concerned however, Gavaskar is firmly with the team management.
		Gavaskar also feels that though the loss against West Indies in the ODI series is cause for concern, India has enough time to recover its poise.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1043970 (528 words)

	Tendulkar equals Gavaskar's record
		Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 34 Test centuries.
		Interestingly, Gavaskar's 34th century had come in his 206th innings, while Tendulkar is playing only his 192nd innings.
		He was earlier at level with Sunil Gavaskar with 18 centuries.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2004/dec/11sach.htm (320 words)

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