Sunil Gavaskar record slowest innings in ODI: India’s great cricketer Sunil Gavaskar holds the record for playing the slowest innings in ODI cricket.

New Delhi: In modern day cricket, fans like to see fours and sixes on every ball. If this does not happen then that match is considered boring. This is the reason that in the changing times, some records were made which were beyond imagination. Be it the record of fastest fifty or century, but when cricket was flourishing, the matter was completely different. In the initial period, only Test format was prevalent in cricket. After that ODI started in 1971. After which this format remained dominant for a long time.

There was more than one player in the ODI format. One of them is the name of great Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Although Gavaskar’s cricketing career is full of achievements, but he also has a record in his name which can hardly be broken. This is the record of playing the slowest innings in ODI cricket.

174 balls played to score 36 runs

Indian cricket team legend Sunil Gavaskar had made the record of playing the slowest innings in ODI history against England in the year 1975. In this World Cup match, Sunil Gavaskar had bowled 174 balls to score 36 runs. During this period, his strike rate was only 20 and he could hit only 1 four in the innings. This record of Sunil Gavaskar will hardly ever be broken in modern day cricket.

Because, if any cricketer does the kind of innings played by Sunil Gavaskar in today’s era, his career will be ruined. In today’s era, the career and talent of a player depends on how high his strike rate graph is. This is the reason why it is impossible to break at least Sunil Gavaskar’s record of slowest innings in ODI cricket.

What happened in that India-England match?

Talking about Sunil Gavaskar’s slowest innings match in ODI, England defeated Team India by 202 runs. In the match, England, batting first, scored a huge score of 334 runs at the loss of 4 wickets due to the century innings of Dennis Amiss. In response to this score of England, Team India was able to score only 132 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after playing full 60 overs. Apart from Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath contributed 37 runs for India in the match.