Came to Sunil Gavaskar’s house, liked his younger sister and got married, also captained team India…
New Delhi: Sunil Gavaskar has been one of the legendary players of Team India. The former captain of Team India had fallen in love with his younger sister and got married after a few days. We are talking about Gundappa Viswanath who had fallen in love with Gavaskar’s younger sister at first sight. Let us know how all this was possible.
Actually, in the year 1971, the Indian team was returning from West Indies. Gavaskar and Gundappa were in the same team. When the team came to India, Gavaskar took Gundappa to his home. When Gundappa went there, he fell in love with Gavaskar’s younger sister. Gavaskar’s younger sister’s name is Kavita. Kavita also liked Gundappa. After which both of them got married after a few years.
Sunil Gavaskar had said in an interview about Gundappa that he is a dangerous person. Once I made the mistake of calling him at home and the result was the same. Let us tell you that in March 1978, Gavaskar’s sister Kavita married Gundappa. Gundappa was also given the Arjuna Award in 1977-78.
Former Indian captain Gundappa Viswanath has participated in 91 Tests for India. During this period he has scored 6080 runs. He has scored a total of 14 centuries and 35 half-centuries. Talking about his best score, it was 222 runs. Whereas, if we talk about ODI, he scored 439 runs in 25 ODIs with the help of 2 half-centuries. In first-class cricket, he has scored more than 17000 runs with the help of 44 centuries.