Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has been honoured by the BCCI by inaugurating a board room named ‘10000 Gavaskar‘ at its Mumbai headquarters. Gavaskar was the first player to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket and this has been done by the BCCI to celebrate his historic achievement.
Let us tell you, this tribute is a part of BCCI’s initiative to honor the legends of Indian cricket in which a board room has been named after Sachin Tendulkar.
Sunil Gavaskar inaugurated the board room
In a video shared by the BCCI on social media, Sunil Gavaskar was seen inaugurating the board room, signing a special Test jersey and posing with BCCI president Roger Binny and the 1983 World Cup trophy.
Former legendary player Sunil Gavaskar thanked BCCI for the honour and said,
“𝑴𝑪𝑨 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑩𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝑪𝑪𝑰, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 40 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔,”
Sunil Gavaskar made his debut for Mumbai in the 1966-67 Ranji Trophy season and burst onto the international scene with a record 774 runs on the 1971 West Indies tour. The legend played 125 Test matches for India, scoring 10,122 runs at an average of 51.1 with 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries.
Gavaskar has recently urged the BCCI to hold the remaining 17 matches of IPL 2025 without cheerleaders and DJs to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Pahalgam attack. A report says that the board may accept his request.
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