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Some Lesser Known Facts About Rohan Gavaskar

• Rohan Gavaskar is a former Indian cricketer who performed for India in 11 ODI matches. He was a middle-order left-handed batter and the son of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.

• Sunil Gavaskar named his son as a tribute to West Indian nice Rohan Kanhai, India’s M. L. Jaisimha, and Gundappa Viswanath. His preliminary identify was Rohan Jaivishwa however because of his surname, his identify modified to Rohan Gavaskar.
  

  Rohan Gavaskar as a child

• Besides batting, he was a left-arm spin orthodox bowler who took essential wickets for Bengal. He represented Bengal in Ranji Trophy and East Zone within the Duleep Trophy. As Mumbai had an excellent batting line-up, it could have been troublesome for Rohan to seize his place within the staff. So, he determined to play for Bengal as there have been loads of vacancies for batters at the moment.

• In 2001-02, he was chosen because the captain of the Bengal staff however his two seasons as a pacesetter had been poor. Under his tenure, Bengal although reached the finals of the Ranji Trophy in two consecutive years however hasn’t gained any title.
  

  Rohan Gavaskar in home cricket

• In 2003, he scored 139 runs in a tour match for India A towards Nottinghamshire in Trent Bridge and led his aspect to a win by seven wickets.

• His batting common was larger in home cricket which gave him an opportunity to play for India in January 2004 in a VB Series in Australia. After the choice, he expressed his delight by saying that,
  

  “Couldn’t stop smiling for three days.”

  He got here into the taking part in eleven for injured Mohammad Kaif. In the primary match, he might solely rating two runs however managed to take a vital wicket of Andrew Symonds within the fifth ball of his worldwide profession.

  

  Rohan Gavaskar after taking a wicket of Andrew Symonds in 2004 towards Australia

• His highest rating of 54 runs got here towards Zimbabwe on 24 January 2004. This remained his solely fifty in his worldwide profession.
  

  Rohan Gavaskar after scoring a fifty towards Zimbabwe in 2004

• He was then dropped for the following tour of Pakistan. He was once more tried for the Videocon cup, and tour of England the place he was ineffective.

• In 2007, he signed a contract with Indian Cricket League (ICL) for Kolkata Tigers which was declared unauthorized by the BCCI. After his exodus from ICL, he was amongst 71 different gamers who had been granted amnesty by the BCCI in 2009.

• After his return to mainstream Indian Domestic cricket, he was chosen to play the third season of the Indian Premier League for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

• He performed his final first-class recreation in 2009 and retired on 9 February 2012. Post-retirement, he turned a outstanding face in commentary alongside his father. He did commentary within the 2013 IPL season and reveals on Star Sports’ Star Power plus NDTV Sports reveals. In 2017, he served because the media director of the Port Elizabeth franchise — Nelson Mandela Bay Stars.
  

  Rohan Gavaskar doing commentary together with his father