Sunil Gavaskar 236 vs West Indies 1983 6th test MADRAS

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[chandra375]

Thanks for sharing Rob

[robelinda2]

@chandra375 you are welcome sir.

[sppati123]

Gavaskar, in his book "Idols", mentioned that had he been allowed to bat further, he would have gone on to score India's first triple century in this test as it was heading for a draw, but captain Kapil declared the innings with a few hours left in the match, so that he (Kapil) could bowl, get a wicket or 2 and winThums Up Man of the series award (that award was based on number of wickets and runs scored). 

[robelinda2]

@sppati123 Well thats Sunil alright, always thinking of himself. Just about the worst team man of all time. He is probably just jealous of Sehwag.....

[Archangel3583]

This is incredible! Great find. Don't suppose you've got footage of either of the Tied Tests....

[robelinda2]

@Archangel3583 Sure, that footage isn't so rare. Here in Aus you can buy official dvd's of both series.

[Come2PaaPaa]

BEST TEST BATSMAN FROM INDIA

[karkarey]

Sweet.Thank you for the upload!Never had a chance to see this before.

[karthikks82]

IS this 1983 test match.Video looks like 1953.

[bulltiger18]

Whilst I highly despise this man for his extremely horrid sportsmanship, he is a great cricketer, and this is one innings that proves that point.

[mrjiggyk]

Great upload!!! Treat to watch Gavaskar and listen to Sir Gary Sobers!!!!

[mili12367]

Thnx Rob for uploading.

Gavaskar is the best test batman i have ever seen. He opened the innings against all time great speed guns.

All credit of his success goes to - Marshal, Holding, Garner, Andy, Thomson, Lillee, Imran, Surfaraj, Hadlee, Ian, Abdul and many great bowlers of that era.

[PP06854]

I was there at this game as a 6 year old. Great innings by Gavaskar. What a sight to see malcolm steaming in. The police threw chocolates when he scored a hundred and bubble gum when he scored 200 and I caught one :)..pure bliss

[hardikvyas21]

Sunil Gavaskar : the 1st Indian batsman to actually resist or fight against the MIGHTY 70-80s fast bowlers.. Never wore a Helmet either.. Not as swashbuckling as King Viv but brought gr8 pride to Indians as their 1st World Class batsman who not only broke world records but Created them.. 30+ Test Centuries ; 10,000+ Test runs.. Respect..

[niralipvyas]

i hated two batsman in those days: gavaskar and richards. they never used to stop scoring runs...one at a slow pace and the later at very fast pace.