Sunil Gavaskar angry with team for not wearing black ARMBANDS on Day 1 after demise of India’s oldest Test cricketer

Gaekwad became the oldest living Test cricketer after the death of Deepak Shodhan in May 2016.

Sunil Gavaskar angry with team for not wearing black ARMBANDS on Day 1 after demise of India’s oldest Test cricketer

Sunil Gavaskar, Team India (Images via ESPNcricinfo)

Dattajirao Gaekwad, who was India’s oldest living Test cricketer, died on February 13 in Baroda at the age of 95. But the Indian team, instead of wearing black armbands in his memory on Day 1 of the third Test against England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, decided to wear them on Day 3.

Ahead of Day 3, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the players are going to don the black armbands in memory of the former Indian Test captain.

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Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar did not like this as he said the players should have worn black armbands on the first day itself.

Better late than never… they should've done it on Day 1, but better late than never.
Gavaskar said while doing commentary
He was captain of the Indian team in a five-match series. He captained four out of the five matches and the other one was captained by Pankaj Roy.
Gavaskar added

Dattajirao Gaekwad’s cricketing career

Dattajirao Gaekwad made his Test debut as an opener against England in June 1952 at Leeds. He was not a regular member of the Test team, playing just 11 matches, scoring 350 runs, till 1961.

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Dattajirao Gaekwad (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

His last match was against Pakistan, a home Test in Chennai in January 1961. Though Gaekwad started as an opener, he was used as a middle-order batter.

Gaekwad also featured in 110 first-class matches, scoring 5788 runs at an average of 36.40, with his highest being 249*. He captained Baroda to their first Ranji Trophy title in nine years and also scored a century in the final against Services.

Gaekwad became the oldest living Test cricketer after the death of Deepak Shodhan in May 2016.

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