Sunil Gavaskar is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the Indian cricket team. In a career spanning over 16 years he made 35 centuries (100 or more runs) at the international level. Described as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar played 125 Test matches and scored 10,122 runs. He was the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs and held the record for most runs until Allan Border surpassed it. Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries stood for almost two decades before Tendulkar surpassed it in December 2005. He was named the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1971 and as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1980. In February 2012, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. As of 2012, he is the third-highest run scorer for India in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

Making his Test debut against the West Indies in March 1971, Gavaskar scored his first century in the third Test of the same series. In the final Test at Port of Spain he scored centuries in both innings of the match with scores of 124 and 220, becoming the second Indian player to perform the feat. He became the first player to score two centuries in a Test match for the third time, when he made 107 and 182 not out in a match against the West Indies in December 1978. Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out came against the West Indies at Chennai in 1983,Madras was renamed as Chennai in 1996. an Indian record at that time. He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on twelve occasions. Gavaskar was most successful against the West Indies and Australia scoring 13 and 8 centuries respectively.

Gavaskar made his One Day International (ODI) debut against England at Headingley in 1974. Unlike his Test career, his ODI career was less illustrious scoring 3,092 runs at an average of 35.13. Gavaskar's solitary century in ODIs came in the penultimate innings of his career—against New Zealand—during the 1987 Cricket World Cup where he scored 103 runs in 88 balls; the performance ensured India's victory, which earned him a man of the match award.

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+ Key Symbol Meaning * Remained not out. Gavaskar was named "Man of the match". Captained the Indian cricket team. Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match. Test The number of the Test match played in that series.S/R. Strike rate during the innings H/A/N Venue was at home (India), away or neutral. Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches. Lost The match was lost by India. Won The match was won by India. Drawn The match was drawn.

Test cricket centuries + List of Test centuries scored by Sunil GavaskarNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResult 1 116 2 2 3/5 Bourda, Georgetown Away Draw 2 117* 2 4 4/5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Draw 3 124Gavaskar made centuries in both innings of the match. 2 1 5/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 1 Draw 4 220Gavaskar's second century in the match. 2 3 5/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 2 Draw 5 101 1 2 1/3 Old Trafford, Manchester Away Lost 6 116 1 2 1/3 Eden Park, Auckland Away Won 7 156 1 2 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away Draw 8 102 1 4 3/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away Won 9 119 1 1 1/3 Wankhede Stadium, BombayBombay was renamed as Mumbai in 1995. Home Won 10 108 1 1 5/5 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Home Draw 11 113 1 4 1/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away Lost 12 127 1 3 2/5 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Away Lost 13 118 1 3 3/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away Won 14 111 1 1 3/3 National Stadium, Karachi Away 1 Lost 15 137 1 3 3/3 National Stadium, Karachi Away 2 Lost 16 205 1 1 1/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Home Draw 17 107 1 1 3/6 Eden Gardens, CalcuttaCalcutta was renamed as Kolkata in 2001. Home 1 Draw 18 182* 1 3 3/6 Eden Gardens, Calcutta Home 2 Draw 19 120 1 1 5/6 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home Draw 20 221 1 4 4/4 Kennington Oval, London Away Draw 21 115 1 1 4/6 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home Draw 22 123 1 1 6/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Home Won 23 166 1 2 5/6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Home Won 24 172 1 2 2/6 Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore Home Draw 25 155 1 2 1/1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Home Draw 26 127* 1 3 3/6 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Lost 27 147* 1 2 3/5 Bourda, Georgetown Away Draw 28 103* 1 3 1/3 Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore Home Draw 29 121 1 1 2/6 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home Draw 30 236* 4 2 6/6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Home Draw 31 166* 1 2 1/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Draw 32 172 1 1 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Draw 33 103 1 2 3/3 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Home Draw 34 176 1 2 1/3 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Home Draw

ODI centuries + List of ODI centuries scored by Sunil GavaskarNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResult 1 103 The man of the match award was shared between Gavaskar and Chetan Sharma. 2 2 117.04 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Won

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External links Player Profile: Gavaskar from CricketArchive