Reviving the top four golden moments from Sunil Gavaskar's career on his birthday

#2 When Gavaskar scored 101 runs against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, June 6, 1974

An iconic image from the game in 1974

Gavaskar's knock, however, gained attention among critics as the pitch was widely regarded as unfavourable for any opposition.

Gavaskar himself rates his knock as one of the best he has ever played. India was just gaining strength in the International cricket circuits when Gavaskar and co. toured England on a three-match Test series after which they also played two ODIs.

In what was a very disastrous event, India returned home by losing all its games. The only positive highlight from the first Test match of the series that India lost by 113 runs, is Sunil Gavaskar's patient 101.

As all the other Indian batsmen huffed and puffed their way back into the pavilion, Gavaskar's resolute knock helped India post 246 on board, in reply to England's 328/9 decl. Put to bat again, the English ended proceedings at 213/3 decl., and gave India a target of 295 runs, which India could not complete, as they folded for 182.