Quote:Debut : He didn't play the first test at Kingston, Jamaica and the another young opener Jayanthilal got the chance ahead of him and was out for a low score. Courtesy a superb catch by Sir Garfield Sobers.
He lost his opportunity to young Sunil in the next test match at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Destiny really played its part in both Gavaskar's as well as Jayantilal's life. Same man who caught Jayathilal dropped Gavaskar twice in the first innings and he went on to score 65 followed by a well made 67 in the second innings.
It didn't stop there. Again Sobers dropped him twice in the very next test when he was on 4 and then on 94. Sunil went on to score his maiden hundred in Georgetown, Guyana. Great Sobers after dropping those four catches, asked Gavaskar 'Man Why you are after me, can't you find some other fielder?' with some embarrassment. In that series he accumulated 726 run - with one double century, 3 centuries and three fifties - a record for any batsman in his debut series. After that there was no looking back for this 'Bombay Bradman'.