There are many Star Kids in the cricket world, who could not earn a name in cricket like their father. One such name was Rohan Gavaskar. Who stepped into the world of cricket, but he could not make a name in the world like his father Sunil Gavaskar. Today i.e. February 20 is the birthday of Rohan Gavaskar. He was born on 20 February 1976 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Rohan’s father is Sunil Gavaskar, a well-known player in the cricket world and his mother’s name is Marshall Gavaskar. Father Sunil Gavaskar was the biggest cricketer of the country and Rohan also grew up in the same environment since childhood. He started playing cricket while watching his father, as well as dreaming of playing for India. Rohan Gavaskar started his career playing domestic cricket for Bengal. However, he wanted to play for Mumbai.
Rohan started playing first-class cricket in 1996. He was waiting to wear the country jersey for a very long time. His wait finally came to an end in 2004, where he got a place in the Indian ODI team on the tour of Australia. He scored 2 not out in his first match. But his performance in the series was not very special, so he did not find a place in the team announced for the upcoming tour of Pakistan.
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Rohan Gavaskar used to be a lot in and out of the Indian team. He has played 11 ODIs in his career, in which he could score only 151 runs. In these 11 matches, he scored just one half-century. His best innings was 54 runs. At the same time, in first-class cricket, he scored 6938 runs in 117 matches, including 18 centuries. Apart from this, Rohan Gavaskar used to play for Kolkata Knight Riders. Rohan Gavaskar also represented Kolkata Knight Riders in two matches in IPL 2009.