Humbling if fans put me in same bracket as Mr Bachchan and Kishore Kumar: Sunil Gavaskar on another ’50’
Amitabh Bachchan was captivating the audience with ‘Zanjeer’ and ‘Deewar’ while Kishore Kumar was belting out iconic chartbusters during those heady days of ’70s.
And what was Sunil Gavaskar doing? He was carrying a young nation’s hopes on his shoulders, using cricket as a metaphor for life, giving a lesson or two in “how to fight a good fight”.
Come March 6, Gavaskar will complete 50 years of his association with Indian cricket — five decades when he has remained ever-relevant taking on a variety of roles.
“Mr Bachchan still is India’s greatest icon and the late Kishore Kumar is evergreen and unforgettable. So if you ask me, I am humbled to have been even thought of in the same bracket,” Gavaskar told PTI in an exclusive interview on the eve of the 50th anniversary of his ...