The importance of being Sunny

July 10, 2012 13:55

On Sunil Gavaskar's birthday today, read Ayaz Memon's tribute. This was written three years ago...

A few weeks ago, shortly after Sunil Gavaskar had delivered the first Dilip Sardesai Memorial lecture at the Cricket Club of India, a twentysomething man asked me if Gavaskar had been a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar, reducing me to a hum-and-haw wreck. I could understand the legitimacy of his curiosity, but was there a legitimate answer? More

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