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Riteish Deshmukh And His Sons’s Heartfelt 75th Birthday Message For Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar
On this day, legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar turns 75. The iconic cricketer is known for his impeccable skills and techniques in cricket, handling both fast and spin bowlers on the field. While many pour in birthday wishes for the legend, posting throwback photos with huge notes, actor Riteish Deshmukh now drops a special wish on behalf of his kids. So, let's take a look below. Riteish Deshmukh's Special 75th Birthday Message For Sunil Gavaskar Taking to his Instagram handle, Riteish shared a photo showcasing fan moments of his sons meeting the legen | Click Here...
Sachin Tendulkar honours 1983 Cricket heroes, awaits 2023 World Cup victory
Sachin Tendulkar, the Master Blaster, recently took to Instagram to share a heartwarming photograph. The image featured Sachin alongside cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, and Dilip Vengsarkar, as they embarked on a momentous journey to Varanasi wherein Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be seen laying the foundation stone for a new cricket stadium on the historic date of September 23. Sachin, known for his humility and deep love for the sport, took a moment to express gratitude to his fellow cricketing maestros for their integral roles in India's iconic World Cup victory i | Click Here...
Sunil Gavaskar Criticises Sarfaraz Khan’s Absence In Indian Squad, Know Why?
The Indian Test squad for West Indies 2023 was announced on Friday, 23rd June, by the Board of Control of Cricket in India. Sunil Gavaskar felt unsatisfied with the Indian test squad due to the absence of cricketer Sarfaraz Khan. Here check out the reason for not taking him in the test squad. The BCCI source claimed that Sarfaraz's below-par fitness and alleged off-field conduct were the reason behind this decision. Sarfaraz has been an impressive player scoring 2566 runs in the last three Ranji seasons: 928 in the year 2019 and 2020, 982 in 2022 and 2023, and 656 in 2022 and 2023. | Click Here...
From Kapil Dev To Yuvraj Singh & MS Dhoni: India’s World Cup Heroes Whom We Miss Seeing In Action
Cricket as a sport is played in many countries and, well, the popularity has been immense over the years. However, out of all the countries in the world, the only country where it is considered to be a religion is none other than India. Over the years, the country has had many heroes on the field as well as off the field. While cricket always had popularity, it started to grow for the first time in 1983 when India won the tournament under the able leadership of Kapil Dev. At that time, there were many other heroes too who contributed. The likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Roger Bi | Click Here...
Go to fashion shows…: Sunil Gavaskar lambasts selectors for ignoring Sarfaraz Khan
Sunil Gavaskar is one of the most respected and admired legendary personalities that we have in the country. He's highly rated as one of the first batting legends of the country and that's why, even the great Sachin Tendulkar during his tender age used to look upon him as his idol. During his playing days, Sunil Gavaskar was nothing less than a legend and even today, his opinion is considered and respected to a great extent. Be it during his stint as a commentator or during his appearances in chat shows involving the game, Sunil Gavaskar always comes in the front foot to share his opinion. | Click Here...
Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni To Sunil Gavaskar: Legends Of Indian Cricket
Team India is the current world cricketing superpower. The roots of this colossal cricketing country, however, were sowed as early as 1932, in the first match against England. Indian cricket has had many ups and downs throughout the years, from the high of the 1983 World Cup victory to the match-fixing scandal at the turn of the century. When cricket in India has experienced difficulties, some of the best Indian cricketers have been at the forefront to restore the trust of the millions that follow this game. Indian cricket heroes have not only contributed to the enrichment of cricket | Click Here...
Play To Win, Win To Fight: ‘Not So Gentlemanly’ Moments In Cricket History That Created Buzz
Cricket has always been hailed as a gentleman's game and why not? The way different countries play against each other with utmost respect and dignity during International games is worthy of taking note of. Over the years, the game has evolved to a great extent. From just playing against different nations to embracing the concept of blending players of different nationalities for domestic T20 tournaments, we have seen the game evolve to a great extent. Be it during the times of Sunil Gavaskar, Vivian Richards, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting or modern-day greats like V | Click Here...
Sunil Gavaskar has a brutal take against Virat Kohli’s Dhoni revelation, says, “what message did he…?”
Virat Kohli is one of the most admired and loved cricketers that we are blessed to have in the country. Just when people thought we aren't going to get another legend after Sachin Tendulkar's heroics, Kohli burst into the scene in grand style and ever since then, he has been doing a terrific job, much to the happiness and delight of one and all. Although off-late, he hasn't been in the best of forms ladies and gentlemen, he played a crucial knock against Pakistan in their second encounter of Asia Cup 2022 and we loved it. After the game, Virat made an explosive statement in the post match p | Click Here...
Good News: Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar to have Leicester cricket ground named after him
A wonderful and amazing update coming in for all fans of Indian cricket, especially lovers of Sunil Gavaskar. As per the latest reports in ESPN Cricinfo, Leicester cricket ground is all set to be named after the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. Reports reveal that the sports team mentioned the same by telling one and all that they would do this as a mark of respect and honour for Gavaskar's contribution to world cricket. He already has cricket stadiums named after him in USA and Tanzania and now, he would become the first-ever Indian cricketer to have a ground named after him in the United | Click Here...
Sunil Gavaskar expresses will to help Virat Kohli recover his form, says, “give me…”
Virat Kohli is one of the most prolific and finest cricketers to have ever played the game of cricket for team India. He is a modern-day legend in the true sense of the term and that's why, whenever he comes ahead to play cricket matches for team India, fans always shower a lot of love on him. Although he hasn't been in the best of forms recently, he still continues to be one of the biggest and most inspiring personalities to motivate others who want to play the game. Well, one person who's come out in the open to express his will to help Virat get his form back is none other than Sunil Gav | Click Here...
Watch: Sunil Gavaskar issues clarification after netizens slam him for disrespecting Shane Warne after demise
A few days back, the world of cricket lost of its greatest spin bowlers ever, aka Shane Warne. He was 52 when he breathed his last during his holiday stay at Thailand. Reports reveal that he was suspected to have had a massive heart attack. Soon after the tragic demise, cricketer Sunil Gavaskar faced the brunt of netizens after he revealed that he doesn't believe Warne was the greatest spin bowler ever. While Gavaskar was seen responding to a journalist during a TV show, many felt that comparisons shouldn't have been drawn, especially after his demise. Finally, after the incident, Ga | Click Here...
Unknown Trivia: DYK? Sachin Tendulkar Was Gifted Pads By Sunil Gavaskar; Deets Inside
Sachin Tendulkar, then 16 years old, was making his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi, and it was the first sight of a genius who would go on to control cricket for the next 24 years. The fact that the pads he was wearing while batting in his debut innings were given to him by none other than Sunil Gavaskar made it even more special. Gavaskar had given Sachin a pair of ultra-light pads when he was 14 to soothe him after he didn't win the Mumbai Cricket Association's 'Best junior cricketer award.' In his debut game, the youngster only had 15 points. But there was no doubt | Click Here...
From Sunil Gavaskar to Farokh Engineer: Check out Anushka Sharma & her savage replies to veteran cricketers
Anushka Sharma has always been bold with her persona and statements, and like a queen shut down all the critics, here are some of the instances, when the actress encountered heavy criticisms from veteran cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar and Farokh Engineer. Back in IPL 2020, when Sunil Gavaskar called out Virat Kohli for his performance, he went personal and dragged Anushka Sharma into it! The commentator was called out for his sexist remarks by the netizens, right after. However, Sharma too took it to her social media and spoke her mind upright, saying, "That, Mr Gavaskar, your messag | Click Here...
Sunil Gavaskar – One Of The Greatest Opening Batsmen Of All Time
Sunil Gavaskar is one of the best batsmen on the Indian team, he was regarded as the best opener of the early 70s and late 80s. He is known for his historic opening performances, he is known for his amazing test match openings. Sunil Gavaskar has also set the world record for the most runs in the test format and also the record of the most centuries in the test format. He holds the record of the 34 Test centuries which was broken by the Little Master Blaster "Sachin Tendulkar" in the year 2005. He was also the first person to score tons in both the innings of the Test match, not one time bu | Click Here...
IPL 2020: Know What Sunil Gavaskar Has To Say About Rohit Sharma And Mumbai Indians Spinners
After a very long wait, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is ultimately here. It was postponed because of the outbreak of the Coronavirus. Over the years, there have been many famous teams that have evolved in IPL history. There are a total of 8 teams with different skilled cricketers from both the domestic team and foreign. All the 8 squads are intelligently doing well but among all of them, Mumbai Indians (MI), the team has been a four times IPL champions in the years - 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Recently, the former Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar gave a few statements about | Click Here...
Did Anushka Sharma overreact to Sunil Gavaskar’s IPL commentary statement? Yes/No
When it comes to Indian cricket, one really cannot get to admire enough of Sunil Gavaskar's contribution to the game. He's one of the key contributors in India's 1983 World Cup and is the first Indian batsman to score 10,000+ runs in International test cricket. After having retired from the game, Sunny G, as he's fondly called seems to be enjoying the second innings of his life quite well in the commentary box for many years. However, this year during IPL, Sunil Gavaskar found himself in a spot of bother when he ended up making a casual reference at Anushka Sharma while talking about Virat | Click Here...
Did not make any sexist remark: Sunil Gavaskar
The social media was abuzz post-Sunil Gavaskar’s alleged sexist comment made on-air post Virat Kohli’s bad on-field performance during an IPL match involving Anushka Sharma. Anushka took offense of it and even issued a statement. However, clarifying his stand on the issue, Gavaskar said that his heart is clean and he has not made any attractive comment. He further stated that he simply stated about a video he saw where Anushka was playing cricket with Virat during the lockdown. Well, we wonder what Anushka has to say on it. Keep reading IWMBuzz.com. | Click Here...
IPL 2020: ‘Don’t you think you should have equal amount of respect for me’ – Anushka Sharma slams Sunil Gavaskar
Yesterday's IPL game between RCB and KXIP didn't really go well with Virat Kohli. KL Rahul's team won convincingly against RCB and the game didn't go down well at all for Virat Kohli. Not only did Virat fail as a batsman, but he was also fined for slow over-rate. Well, to add to the misery, IPL commentator and former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar ended up saying a rather controversial statement about Virat Kohli's performance that involved Virat's wife, Anushka Sharma. The comment certainly didn't go down well with Anushka and today, Anushka took to social media to slam | Click Here...
Know the Whole Indian Team of 1983 before Watching The Movie ‘83’
Bollywood has created one after another sports drama film, like Lagaan (2001), Iqbal (2005), Chak De! India (2007), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Dangal (2016), and many more. ‘83’ is the new upcoming sports drama film, by Kabir Khan. The film is based on India's first-ever cricket World Cup victory in 1983. The movie is starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev; Deepika Padukone as Kapil’s wife, Romi Dev; Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil Gavaskar; Dhairya Karwa as Ravi Shastri and many more. Initially, it was supposed to be released in April 2020, but due to the pandemic, it is now expecte | Click Here...
When Sunil Gavaskar revealed Azharuddin’s relation with a bookie
Cricket is known as gentleman’s game. However, this game has been under controversy for a few years for match-fixing and unfair play. Names of some well known and talented cricketers involved with this illegal act come up several times. Former Indian cricketer Azharuddin had been named in the past of having involved in the match-fixing and almost every cricket lover is aware of it. Well, Sunil Gavaskar in an interview in the past had made some revelations about Azharuddin’s relation with a bookie named Sanjiv Chawla. Sunil Gavaskar said that while they were on a tour to Zimbabwe | Click Here...
1983 World Cup winning team on The Kapil Sharma Show
25th June, 1983 is engraved in Indian History. The team that brought indescribable glory to India, led by Kapil Dev, will be seen on The Kapil Sharma Show this weekend in what promises to be a historical episode! The team that put India on the world map will relive those moments and give an insight into what went in achieving this glorious landmark! Captain Kapil Dev will lead his squad comprising of Mohinder Amarnath, Sunil Gavaskar, Sandeep Patil, Dilip Vengsarkar, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Roger Binny, Kirti Azad, Madan Lal, Syed Kirmani, Balwinder Sandhu, Yashpal Shar | Click Here...
