SSC
Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is popularly known as:
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)View answer ▾Hide ▴
Answer: Option B — Little Master
Detailed Solution
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, is popularly known as the "Little Master" because of his small height and masterly batting technique. He is also called "Sunny".
Career highlights:
He was born on 10 July 1949 in Bombay (now Mumbai).
On his Test debut series in the West Indies in 1971, he scored 774 runs in four Tests, still a record for a debut series. India won that series, and a calypso song was composed in his honour.
He became the first batsman in the world to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket, in March 1987 against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
He scored 34 Test centuries, which was a world record until Sachin Tendulkar passed it in 2005.
He scored 10,122 runs in 125 Tests, at an average of about 51.
He played fearless cricket against the fast bowlers of the West Indies, often without a helmet.
He was a member of India's 1983 World Cup-winning team.
He captained India in 47 Tests.
Honours:
- Arjuna Award (1975), Padma Bhushan (1980).
- He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.
- The Border-Gavaskar Trophy, played between India and Australia in Tests since 1996-97, is named after him and Allan Border.
- He later became a well-known commentator and briefly served as interim BCCI president in 2014.
Other cricket nicknames:
- Sachin Tendulkar: "Master Blaster" (also called "Little Master").
- Rahul Dravid: "The Wall".
- Virender Sehwag: "Nawab of Najafgarh".
- Kapil Dev: "Haryana Hurricane".
- S. Dhoni: "Captain Cool".
Why not the other options?
- ✗"The Wall" is Rahul Dravid.
- ✗"Master Blaster" is Sachin Tendulkar.
- ✗"Nawab of Najafgarh" is Virender Sehwag.
Quick tip
Remember: Sunil Gavaskar = "Little Master" or "Sunny"; first to 10,000 Test runs (1987); 774 runs in debut series (1971); Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
💬 Discussions on this question
Ask a doubt ›Still stuck on this question? Ask our faculty and fellow students — answers appear here.
Ask a doubtMore Sports Questions
View all ›More General Knowledge Questions
- Q1.The techniques of Rasa and Bhava used in Indian classical dance trace their origin to which ancient text?Indian Dance Forms
- Q2.Lavani, Powada, Koli, Waghya Murali and Dhangari Gaja are folk dances of which state?Indian Dance Forms
- Q3.The one-act play associated with the Sattriya tradition of Assam is called:Indian Dance Forms
- Q4.Which dance form of Goa is known as the 'Warrior Dance'?Indian Dance Forms
- Q5.Manipuri dance is based on the Rasleela themes of:Indian Dance Forms
Sports — Preparation
This question tests your understanding of Sports, a key topic in the General Knowledge section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
This topic covers sports GK: major tournaments and their venues, trophies and cups associated with each sport, sports terms, the number of players in a team, sports awards in India, Olympic and Asian Games facts, and famous sportspersons and their achievements. Common questions ask which sport a trophy belongs to (such as the Durand Cup for football or the Ranji Trophy for cricket), which term is used in which sport, and where a tournament was held. Records and results change after every season, so pair static facts such as team sizes and terms with recent results from current affairs. Practise the sports questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.