In the era when Pakistan and West Indies fast bowlers used to create havoc, many batsmen used to fear facing them. No helmets were invented during that period. But there was a legendary Indian batsman called Sunil Manohar Gavaskar who used to fearlessly bash fast bowlers.

The fearless Indian batsman was born in a Marathi family and like every other Indian even he dreamt of representing the country at the highest level of the game. On March 6, 1971, Gavaskar donned the Indian jersey in a test match against West Indies. He scored 65 runs in India's first innings. Later in the second innings, he went on to score 67 runs including 7 fours.