When Sunny shone in the caribbean
Sunil Gavaskar scored first of his 34 Test hundreds on 21st March 1971 in the tour of West Indies. Not only that announced the arrival of the great batsman but he also went on to make and break many records in that tour. Here is a quiz on how well you know the events surrounding the tour and the exploits of Sunil Gavaskar.
Sunil Gavaskar made his Test debut at Port-of-Spain in the 2nd Test of the India’s tour of West Indies in 1971. This match is also fondly remembered for?
India had played 24 matches prior to that Port-of-Spain Test lost 12 and drew 12.
India’s 1st Overseas Win
India’s 1st win against West Indies
Last match of Sir Garry Sobers
Debut of Clive Lloyd
In the tour of West Indies in 1971, Sunil Gavaskar could not play the 1st Test because of an injured finger. Who opened in that match, which happens to be his only Test?
Hyderabad-born Hirji Kenia Jayantilal, however, has a First-Class average of 36.33 from 91 matches.
Hemant Kanitkar
S Abid Ali
K Jayantilal
Ramnath Parkar
Who was the chairman of selectors, whose casting vote discarded MAK Pataudi and appointed Ajit Wadekar to lead India in the 1971 tour of West Indies?
Ajit Wadekar went on to lead India 16 times, out of which he led his nation to a victory on four occasions.
Vijay Merchant
Madhav Mantri
M Dutta Ray
M M Jagdale
MAK Pataudi refused to play under Ajit Wadekar in the 1971 tour of West Indies and instead chose to contest election. Which place he contested election from?
Pataudi lost the election and in 1991, he contested from Bhopal on a Congress ticket, only to lose once again
Bhopal
Gurgaon
Gwalior
Hyderabad
Sunil Gavaskar scored 124 and 220 in the fifth Test at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, making him only the second Indian cricketer to score a century in both innings of a Test. Who was the first?
Hazare scored 116 and 145 against Australia in Adelaide in 1948. India went on to lose the match by an innings and 16 runs.
Vinoo Mankad
Vijay Hazare
Lala Amarnath
Gul Mohammad
Sunil Gavaskar played his debut series with a teammate who would go on to become his brother-in-law? Name the teammate.
Viswanath married Gavaskar's sister Kavita. He played 91 Tests and 25 ODIs for India.
Erapalli Prasanna
Dilip Sardesai
Vinoo Mankad
Gundappa Viswanath
Sunil Gavaskar finished as the leading run-scorer with 774 runs, but who was the leading wicket-taker in that series?
Venkataraghavan was also India's vice-captain in that tour. He picked up 22 wickets at 33.81, which included best bowling figures of 5 for 95.
BS Bedi
Jack Noregia
S Venkataraghavan
Garry Sobers
Gavaskar’s 774 is the highest for any batsman in his debut Test series. Whose record did he break?
George Headley had scored 703 runs at 87.88 against England in the 1929-30 tour, which included four centuries from eight innings
Conrad Hunte (WI)
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)
Barry Richards (SA)
George Headley (WI)
Out of Gavaskar's five dismissals in his debut series, he was bowled just once. Name the bowler that got him out in this fashion.
That was Shepherd's last wicket in Test cricket as he never got a chance to play for West Indies again
Garry Sobers
John Shepherd
Jack Noreiga
Charlie Davis
Gavaskar had contributed the 33.2 percent of his team’s runs in the series – most by any player. Who was the second best with 23.6 percent?
Sardesai was the second highest run-scorer in the series (642 runs at 80.25) behind Sunil Gavaskar
Rohan Kanhai
Garry Sobers
Eknath Solkar
Dilip Sardesai