7 Father-Son pairs to have played international cricket

#5 Sunil and Rohan Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar and Rohan Gavaskar building a partnership in the commentary box

Sunil Gavaskar is remembered by one and all as the best Test opener India has ever produced. He ended his Test career with more than 10000 Test runs and was the leading Test scorer for India until Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar surpassed him.

The right-handed opening batsman from Mumbai averaged a healthy 51.12 in 214 Test innings with 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries to his credit. The Little Master represented India in 108 ODIs and averaged a healthy 35.13.

He had an impressive First Class career and scored 25834 runs at an average of 51.46 in 348 matches with 81 centuries and 105 half-centuries. Sunil is one of the most respected commentators in the game of cricket at present.

Rohan Gavaskar could not replicate his father’s performance at the international level as he was hardly given an opportunity to represent the country.

Rohan played just 11 ODIs for India in the year 2004 and since then was never picked in the national team. He has scored 6938 First Class runs at an average of 44.19. Post-retirement, Rohan has also taken up commentary.