In 2008, he was criticized for frequently criticizing his employers.   In 2008, he delivered a controversial statement against the match referee Mike Procter during the Sydney Test.   Sunny Gavaskar, is a former Indian international cricketer who played from the early 1970s to late 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team  Does Sunil Gavaskar drink alcohol?: No  Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history  He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005  Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, with one of Gavaskar s sackings coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.  He was the first Test batsman to score 10,000 Test Runs in a Career and now stands at number 12 on the group of 13 players with 10,000+ Test Runs.  In 2009, Gavaskar was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame  His captaincy of the Indian team, however, was less successful  Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman  Gavaskar is a recipient of the Indian civilian honours of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan  In 2012, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in India  Does Sunil Gavaskar smoke?: No  He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match three times  West Indies 

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