New Delhi: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar yesterday paid tributes to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya terming him as someone, who put the game of cricket above everything else. The legendary opener, who shared a cordial relation with Dalmiya said that he will miss his smiling persona.


Sunil Gavaskar 

"I will miss his ready laugh. May his soul rest in peace," Gavaskar said in his tribute. Terming him "A giant of international cricket", Gavaskar said,"Jagmohan Dalmiya was one of those administrators for whom the game of cricket was above everything else. It was under his stewardship that the BCCI and ICC became the financial powerhouses they have become yesterday.