Louisville's cricket-loving Mayor, Greg Fischer at The Taj yesterday.  Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

For long, the city of Louisville in America's Kentucky state has been synonymous with Muhammad Ali. While that will continue to be the case simply because the legendary boxer, nicknamed Louisville Lip, was born there in 1942, another sporting icon is becoming increasingly popular — Sunil Gavaskar — partly due to Louisville Mayor, Greg Fischer.