Gavaskar's 36 Off 174

[LordOfMud]

36* off 174 balls (1 4x)! Sunil Gavaskar played the slowest innings in One Day cricket! Do you agree?

He scored 36 off 174 balls with a single boundary and bat thorough 60 overs against England in the very first match of world cup 1975.

* not out

 

Sunil Gavaskar's inexplicable 36 off 174 balls will not be seen at this cricket World Cup - it is set to be the highest scoring tournament in the competition's history

• Sunil Gavaskar his 36 off 174 in the first ever World Cup match

 

It is safe to assume that none of the openers here at the 11th World Cup will play an innings quite like the one that occurred in the competition's very first match.

For Sunil Gavaskar's go-slow in the first World Cup match, played on a glorious June day at Lord's 40 years ago between England and India, remains one of the most notorious incidents in modern cricket history.

Certainly if David Warner, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali or Ian Bell crawled to an undefeated 36 from 174 balls in an innings of 132 for three in reply to 334 for four questions would be asked by the ICC's anti-corruption unit.

 

'I wasn't overjoyed at the prospect of non-cricketing shots and I just got into a mental rut. There were occasions when I thought about moving away from the stumps and allowing myself to be bowled. I couldn't score and I couldn't get out.'

 

It is fair to say England were not unduly worried. Dennis Amiss, who had made the very first World Cup century with 137 in the same game. 'Gavaskar did what he did for his own reasons. The longer it went on the more relaxed we became about it because we knew we were going to win. 

 

 

[Kool_SRG]

Game was as such then and none in India were accustomed to play ODI in swashbuckling style...SG himself agreed regarding that :)

[mahesh1]

Light

[Maryadaramanna]

lol

[Maryadaramanna]

every record should be on India's name