<p>Former team India skipper Sunil Gavaskar, on Saturday, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his Test debut for Indian cricket team. On this day, in 1971 legendary India opener Sunil Gavaskar made his debut against heavyweights West Indies on March 6, 1971, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and stunned the world with his performance.</p> <p>In his debut Test series, Gavaskar had scored 774 runs in four Test matches at an average of 154.80. No Indian cricketer till date has managed to equal or break his record.</p> <p><strong>ALSO WATCH | <a href="https://ift.tt/3kOn2sN Kohli Runs Excitedly Towards Balcony To Praise Rishabh Pant's Crucial Ton</a></strong></p> <p>Gavaskar, who was the first batsman in Test cricket to score 10,000 runs, marked his Test debut anniversary by joining Instagram. Sunil Gavaskar's son Rohan Gavaskar announced the news on Twitter.</p> <p>In his first post on Instagram, Gavaskar posted a photo of himself and wrote "Hello Instagram. I think I'm ready for another debut... #SMG10K"</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://ift.tt/3qmSmA2" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://ift.tt/3qmSmA2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Sunil Gavaskar (@gavaskarsunilofficial)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p> <script src="//https://ift.tt/2C16RQX" async=""></script> </p> <p>The BCCI also felicitated Sunil Gavaskar at Motera and thanked him for his valuable contribution to Indian cricket. Over his cricketing career, Gavaskar attained many elusive feats and established himself as one of the best ever Test batsman to ever play the game of cricket. </p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1368104920470065152[/tw]</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1368098273752322051[/tw]</p> <div dir="ltr">Gavaskar has scored 10122 runs in 125 matches in his Test career, averaging 51.20. During his Test career, the legendary opener scored 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries. </div>
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