Fact is during the India tour of England in 1986, Imran and I had lunch where I told him that I was planning to retire at the end of that tour. Watch: When Sunil Gavaskar predicted Imran Khan could be Pakistan PM Ramiz Raja further said that if Imran Khan called an opposition player the best batsman in the world, one had to believe it. Pakistan is coming to India next year and I want to beat India in India. Let me say to Imran 'when you took over you said that it is going to be a new Pakistan'. Imran Khan led the Men in Green to global glory in 1992, when they lifted the only 50-over World Cup trophy till date. NEW DELHI: Two legends of world cricket, Imran Khan and Sunil Gavaskar on Friday held IPL responsible for the Indian … Raja recalled how Imran Khan told the Pakistan dressing room that Gavaskarw as the best batsman. (Express Archive) Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter And Get News Delivered Straight To Your Inbox. For the record for whatever it is worth Kapil and I have always had a mutually respectful relationship. It was announced within a fortnight so I postponed the retirement. Chandrachur Singh recalls playing cricket with Wasim Raja, Ramiz Raja and Imran Khan in Pakistan Sunil Gavaskar played 125 Test matches for India When asked about the cricketers he has met in his life, Chandrachur Singh stated that he has met the Indian cricket team's current players, and was very impressed by the respect shown towards him. Recently, former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja recalled about the first time he met Sunil Gavaskar. Pakistan is coming to India next year and I … Every moment is embedded in the memory recesses like they happened yesterday and one could go on describing them. By: Sports Desk | Updated: August 7, 2020 2:40:18 pm Sunil Gavaskar played a total of 125 Tests for India in which he scored over 10,000 runs and smashed 34 Test centuries. ... PM Imran Khan congratulates Joe Biden, looks forward to … The epochal moment of winning the World Championship of Cricket in Oz, battling 13 men, including a full strength Pakistan pace attack in Karachi scoring hundreds in each innings and smashing three hundreds against Jeff Thomson in Australia. Ravi Shastri’s Tenure as Coach Will Continue, But Should It. ALSO READ | England vs Pakistan 2020: Michael Vaughan trolled by Indian fans online for pro-Pak tweet. India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, two years after beating Australia in the 2018-19 series Down Under. The political ties between both the countries have made bilateral series next to impossible to be hosted. "Let me speak directly to Imran Khan, someone who I have admired so … Express archive photo. By his own admission "shorter men make better batsmen because they have a lower centre of gravity which allows them to play equally well against the quicks and quality spinners both on the back and front foot". Earlier this month, the iconic opening batsman celebrated his 70th birthday but this was somewhat marred by India losing the World Cup semi-final to New Zealand. Sunil Gavaskar has amassed 10,122 runs in his Test career with a then-world record 34 centuries as well. ALSO READ | England vs Pakistan 2020: 'The board was under pressure': PCB CEO on why they went ahead with England tour. IANS: So much that commentators wrote about your rocky relationship with Kapil, but now both of you praise each other profusely... Gavaskar: Sadly, Indian cricket is full of stories where it's suited people to try drive a wedge between players. Gavaskar: That is a question that only the team management can answer. Ramiz Raja was the Chief Executive of the PCB during India's famous tour of Pakistan in 2004, while the late Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's cousin Shaharyar Khan was the chairman of the board at the time. "That is to be seen - I have said what I have directly to Imran and am not even sure if he is even going to see this. IANS: How is that we ended up playing four wicket-keepers if we include Rahul while a whole phalanx of talent sat twiddling its thumbs in India? Is it the length that was different or were the wickets livelier... Gavaskar: The protective equipment today is so good that the batsmen are hardly in physical danger. Gavaskar, along with former skipper Kapil Dev, has been invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Imran, who led Pakistan to its maiden World Cup title in 1992. It was one of your exceptional innings and you almost won the game for us... Gavaskar: That's a totally made up story like so many others about me. Speaking to the media outside Pakistan's Supreme Court, Chaudhry said that former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, and Navjot Singh Sidhu have been invited, … He added that whenever Imran Khan bowled banana in-swing deliveries on his pads, the 'Little Master' worked it away through short leg, through where he was standing and the ball would run and hit the fence. IANS: What happened to Bombay cricket, why did it fall off the cliff? IANS: Tactically were we short of a good batsmen in the middle order in this World Cup and the off day exposed not just that but our tail? Sunil Gavaskar is renowned as the first-ever player to amass 10,000 runs in Test cricket, a milestone which stayed with him for 6 years. Gavaskar, along with former skipper Kapil Dev, have been invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Imran, who led Pakistan to its maiden World Cup title in 1992. "I would like to take our government's OK, take their view, opinion whether I should travel there even if there is a day when I am able to go," Gavaskar told TV channel 'India Today'. The series was called the 'Friendship Series', which was largely initiated by former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the then Pakistan premier Pervez Musharraf. Ramiz Raja further said that Imran Khan would ask him to look at how Gavaskar was playing and then used to throw a couple of swear words at him. Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister-to-be, has invited actor Aamir Khan and former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu to his oath-taking ceremony on August 11. Did Imran Khan ask Sunil Gavaskar to retire? The interview was taken by Sandeep Bamzai for IANS. IANS: You still played the World Cup after that and scored runs including your only hundred in ODI, was there gas left in the tank? IANS: Is it true that Imran at the end of the fabulous Bangalore Test when you batted on a bunsen against Iqbal Qasim and Tauseef Ahmed told you that the time is now to retire and not when people ask you to? Imran Khan will take the oath as Pakistan's Prime Minister on August 18, a senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader said on Friday. I stopped in 2011 when the Indian cricket schedule and my TV commitments took me out of Mumbai so often that it was impossible for my group to wait up for me. He said his ambition was to beat India in India and it wouldn't be the same if I wasn't in the Indian team then. Ramiz Raja reckoned that Sunil Gavaskar would wait for the right opportunities to score runs. Krishnan Stay updated on the latest IND VS AUS news, IND VS AUS updates, IND VS AUS schedule, IND VS AUS matches and more. Sunil Gavaskar on his old friend Imran Khan who became Pakistan's Prime Minister "You can't retire now. IANS: Do you still play baddy at Bombay Gym whenever you get the time and is it still doubles? "You can't retire now. Sunil Manohar Gavaskar was a short man but he strode the cricketing world like a colossus. On a day Imran Khan is set to be sworn in as Pakistan Prime Minister, Sunil Gavaskar writes on his old friend. *Aug 2, 1215 GMT: The piece was edited to reflect the fact that Imran Khan decided against a lavish oath-taking ceremony, effectively ruling out the possibility of Kapil Dev and Sunail Gavaskar… Cricketer Imran Khan hitting a shot. This is a terrific development as nobody wants to see any serious injury on the field. Ramiz Raja spoke of how Sunil Gavaskar was rated the best batsman by fierce rival Imran Khan. On the talk show same show, Ramiz Raja reckoned that Pakistan would be 70-80 per cent ready to host the Indian cricket team. Gavaskar: It's not that Mumbai cricket has gone down, it's just that other states have raised the level of their game which is why Indian cricket is in such a healthy state with its talent pool. In a column written on Times of India, the former Indian batsman … Sunil Gavaskar better than Sachin Tendulkar, says Imran Khan With Imran Khan swearing in as Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday, former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday remembered the time when the former Pakistan captain threw him a ‘challenge’ to make him extend his plans to retire. His record does not tell his actual contribution. From Col CK Nayudu's time it is been the practice. I always felt sorry for him when he, alone, used to face a range of fast bowlers when there were none in his own … IANS: Do you think MS Dhoni signalled the true democratisation in Indian cricket as people from obscure towns and smaller cities made the big leap in Indian cricket? Recently, Ramiz Raja opened up on the possibility of a bilateral series between India and Pakistan. Ramiz Raja revealed that Gavaskar scored the runs but it was he who got the flak from Imran Khan. Who was the most dangerous fast bowler you faced? Ramiz Raja recollected that he would stand at short leg and Imran Khan would come and try extremely hard to distract Sunil Gavaskar during that series but the 71-year old used to be calm as ever by leaving the ball outside the off-stump. "Let me speak directly to Imran Khan, someone who I have admired so much, who I think is a friend. Ramiz Raja added that he was in awe of what he saw despite Sunil Gavaskar being in the fag end of his career in the 1986-87 series in India. If you aren't part of that team, it won't be the same. ... Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sunil Gavaskar … Former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar is widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport of all-time. Legends Reunite: Sunil Gavaskar-Allan Border Meet at Lord’s, Robin Singh Questions Ravi Shastri’s Credentials as Coach, Shastri Complements Kohli, Unfair to Change Coach: BCCI Official. I told him then that if the Pakistan tour was not announced by the time the England tour ended I would retire at the end of the tour. ), (The Quint is available on Telegram. Sunil Gavaskar is above all, even Sachin Tendulkar: Imran Khan - "Sachin never played an innings like Gavaskar did. He also remembered how Imran Khan told the Pakistan dressing room that the 'Little Master' Sunil Gavaskar was the best batsman in the world. 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