There are two sides to Sunil Gavaskar. One that trails off, listening (or probably not) while those around him speak, tinkering with a piece of silver wire stuck in the crevice of a polished, wooden table inside the conference room of his Prabhadevi office. The other avatar comes alive, as if from deep slumber, to discuss the subject of his passion — sports. There's a twinkle in his eye when he's trying to explain what it means to play a game, whatever kind it may be. And despite being a cricket legend, who set and broke records throughout his career, the Little Master remembers not just enthralling moments of victory on the field, but also reminisces with as much earnestness the many evenings spent in quietude at his home (or on the train) playing cards with his mother.

As such, at the core of his latest endeavour — where he joins city-based board games firm Binca Games' founder-couple Rubianca and Sahil Wadhwa as an investor — lies not the wish to promote a particular sport, but rather, the desire to encourage sportsmanship. And today, as their first project, they are launching Qwicket, a two-player card game that draws from the popular sport.