“I think that Andy is the finest fast bowler I have ever faced.”

This is what Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his best-selling book Idols which was released in the 1983-84 season. High praise indeed considering Gavaskar, who will receive the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI today, faced a great array of fast bowlers in hisu00a016-year international career.