In the 1978 Sydney Test, Jeff Thomson unleashes sheer pace, but Sunil Gavaskar answers with a PERFECT COVER DRIVE — a BEAUTIFUL SHOT that turns pressure into a MARVELLOUS FOUR. A timeless clash of SPEED vs SKILL.#Cricket #SunilGavaskar #JeffThomson #INDvsAUS #CricketHistory #TestCricket #CoverDrive #VintageCricket #FastBowling #CricketLegends #SydneyTest #ClassicCricket
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Great gavaskar
Sunny read it early and so well. Thommo may be good with his bowling pace but Sunny's mind raced ahead of his thoughts.
That's why his name is Sunil "Manohar" Gavaskar ❤
That's a lousy out of line, out of length over pitched ball from Jeff that will be given the same treatment by any batsman. Below average ball Sunil has played far better shots against high quality bowling than this one
Master of batting ❤
Think it was the 1st ball of the innings. Remember listening to it live on AIR!
Rare, poor delivery from Thomson....any good batter should take advantage of such a delivery
The OG Little Master! ❤
No test batsman worth their salt wouldn't put a full toss outside off stump away to the boundary. As it happens Sunil never faced Thommo prior to his shoulder injury a year or so earlier. Thomson was never as quick again and he lost a lot of his natural bounce. Nevertheless Gavaskar was a great player tho he like everyone else would've found pre injury Thommo a handful. Ask the West Indies greats of the day, Lloyd, Richards, Greening, Kallicharan etc and they'll all say Thommo at his peak was simply on another level.
WORLD CLASS
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Full toss ball
It was a low full toss not overpitched
Gavaskar father of Australians.
It was a full toss, not over-pitched.,..
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That was a bad ball